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Webster 1913 Edition


Disanchor

Dis-an′chor

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[Pref.
dis-
+
anchor
: cf. F.
désancrer
.]
To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor.
[Obs.]
Heywood.

Webster 1828 Edition


Disanchor

DISANCHOR

,
Verb.
T.
[dis and anchor.] To force from its anchors, as a ship.

Definition 2024


disanchor

disanchor

English

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Heywood to this entry?)