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aweigh
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective aweigh has 2 senses
- aweigh(s = adj.all) Array - (used of an anchor) hanging clear of the bottom; "anchors aweigh"
- aweigh(s = adj.all) atrip - (of an anchor) just clear of the bottom; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
aweigh, adv. [Pref. a- + weigh.].
Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; -- said of the anchor. Totten. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
aweigh, predic.adj. Naut. (of an anchor) clear of the sea or river bed; hanging.
Etymology
A(2) + WEIGH(1)
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