Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A buoy used to mark the position of an anchor when on the bottom.
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Examples
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The coast is well lighted now, and windfalls are rare, but the sight of a stranded yacht, with the owners ashore, would inflame the old passion; and, depend upon it, someone has seen that anchor-buoy. '
The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955
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I should be sorry to have to explain how we found that tiny anchor-buoy, on the expressionless waste of grey.
The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955
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Corbett went off in the dinghy, found the anchor-buoy, and raised the anchor with ten feet of broken chain attached to it.
What Happened to the Corbetts Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1939
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Corbett went off in the dinghy, found the anchor-buoy, and raised the anchor with ten feet of broken chain attached to it.
What Happened to the Corbetts Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1939
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Hamilton, in the pinnace, dashed past the bows of the _Hermione_ to reach his station, but a rope, stretched from the _Hermione_ to her anchor-buoy, caught the rudder of the pinnace and stopped her in full course, the coxswain reporting the boat "aground."
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