atrip
English
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- (nautical, of an anchor) Just clear of the ground.
- 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
- The captain's anchor is pretty nigh atrip; I shouldn't wonder if he croaked afore morning.
- (nautical, of sails) Sheeted home, hoisted taut up and ready for trimming.
- (nautical, of yards) Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “atrip”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)