anchor's aweigh

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   Response to order to weigh anchor when the anchor has been tripped and is no longer attached to the bottom.

   • [1928] 1988, Frederick Pease Harlow, The Making of a Sailor http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0486256138&id=maCNIgbmJMgC&pg=PA106&lpg=PA106&sig=9Fd6uA0SsfwXRKuI4mZqnZokyAU Then the mate called again to the captain, “Anchor’s aweigh, sir!” while the men kept on heaving.