What is to cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream called?
anchor — To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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