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Webster 1913 Edition


Aweigh

A-weigh′

,
adv.
[Pref.
a-
+
weigh
.]
(Naut.)
Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; – said of the anchor.
Totten.

Webster 1828 Edition


Aweigh

AWEIGH'

,
adv.
[a and weigh.] Atrip. The anchor is aweigh, when it is just drawn out of the ground, and hangs perpendicular. [See Atrip.]

Definition 2024


aweigh

aweigh

English

Adjective

aweigh (not comparable)

  1. Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; said of the anchor.

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