disanchor

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ anchor: compare French désancrer.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æŋkə(ɹ)

Verb

disanchor (third-person singular simple present disanchors, present participle disanchoring, simple past and past participle disanchored)

1. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor.
   • 1600, Robert Cawdry, A Treasure or store-house of similies:

     Euen Mariners, which are called with the course and force of winds, being in an Hauen, wil not disanchor, nor depart out of the Hauen, without a prosperous wind

References

• “disanchor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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