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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 sheer the ship to her ANCHOR to Top-ARMOUR
To sheer the ship to her ANCHOR
To shoe the ANCHOR
To weigh the ANCHOR
ANCHOR-ground
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To sheer the ship to her ANCHOR
To sheer the ship to her ANCHOR (gouverner fur l'ancre, Fr.) is to steer the ship's head towards the place where the anchor lies when they are heaving the cable into the ship; that the cable may thereby enter the hawse with less resistance, and the ship advance towards the anchor with greater facility.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 10, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0056.html