up-anchor
Example Sentences
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They watched the barges up-anchor, and before we began to jerk into line I could hear their conversation.
From Greenmantle by John Buchan
He hurried toward the bridge where Captain Anderson stood, ready to give the signal to up-anchor immediately the small boat was hoisted aboard.
From The Blue Grass Seminary Girls on the Water Exciting Adventures on a Summer Cruise Through the Panama Canal by Carolyn Judson Burnett
“We’d better not leave this here spot until we see ’em up-anchor and get well away,” advised Jake.
From Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess by W. (William) Rainey
Signal to Squadron A to up-anchor at once and telephone to Squadron B to do the same.
From The World Peril of 1910 by George Chetwynd Griffith
There seemed nothing for it but to up-anchor, and to sea again in my shirt.
From The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police by Ralph S. Kendall
