to sheer home the anchor: to drag the anchor by swerving. Obsolete.
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释义 | society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor [verb (intransitive)] > anchor > drag or come loose (of anchor) (3) to sheer home the anchor1644 to sheer home the anchor: to drag the anchor by swerving. Obsolete. drag1839 intransitive for reflexive = passive. talk1914 figurative. Of inanimate things: To make sounds or noises resembling or suggesting speech. spec., of an anchor which is dragged (see drag, v. 1c). |
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