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† plicht-anker Sc. Obs.
Also 6 plycht-.
[ad. LG. plicht-anker, Du. plechtanker ‘the principall or chief anchor that houlds a ship’ (Hexham 1678); in Da. pligt-anker.
The Du. and LG. word is usually referred to MLG., LG. plicht, MDu., Du. plecht, a small fore (or after) -deck of an open boat, OHG. phlihta, MHG. pflíhte, Da., Sw. pligt; Doornkaat-Koolman (Ostfr. Wbch.) prefers derivation from plicht responsibility: see plight n.1]
The main anchor of a ship; in quots. fig.: cf. sheet-anchor.
1508Dunbar Gold. Targe 187 Scho tuke Presence plicht ankers of the barge,..And Cherising for to complete hir charge. a1520― Poems xi. 46 Thy Ransonner, with woundis fyve, Mak thy plycht anker and thy steiris, To hald thy saule with him on lyve. 1552Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 153 Lat this faith be thi plycht ankir, and doutless thow sall be saiffit fra all the dangeir of syn. |