A
ABACK to ADMIRAL of the fleet
Vice-ADMIRAL to AFTER-SAILS
AGENT-VICTUALLER to ALL'S WELL
ALL bands high to ANCHOR
To drag the ANCHORS to To fish the ANCHOR
To drag the ANCHORS
Foul ANCHOR
To ANCHOR
ANCHOR is a cock-bill
At ANCHOR
The ANCHOR is a-peek
The ANCHOR as a-trip, or a-weigh
To back the ANCHOR
To cat the ANCHOR
To fish the ANCHOR
To sheer the ship to her ANCHOR to Top-ARMOUR
ASHORE to AUGER
AWEIGH to AZIMUTH COMPASS
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To drag the ANCHORS
To drag the ANCHORS (chasser sur ses ancres, Fr.) implies the effort of making the anchor come borne, when the violence of the wind, &c. strains the cable so as to tear it up from the bed into which it had sunk, and drag it along the ground; as already explained.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 9, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0046.html