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OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 106 Prora, ancersetl uel forscip.

lOE King Ælfred tr. St. Augustine Soliloquies (Vitell.) (1922) i. 22 Swa rihte swa swa scipes ancerstreng byð aþenæd on gerihte fram þam scype to þam ancræ.

1451 (c1400) Vision of Tundale (Royal) (1985) 123 Anker-hokes.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Ancoraio, an anchor master or an anchor maker.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. v. 21 A Horse is a rope made fast to the fore mast shrouds, and the Spretsaile sheats, to keepe those sheats cleare of the anchor flookes.

1672 J. Narborough Jrnl. 18 June in R. C. Anderson Jrnls. & Narr. Third Dutch War (1946) 108 His Royal Highness received them with a bountiful entertainment, having..the Anchor standard at the fore-topmast head.

1717 W. Sutherland Britain's Glory: Ship-building Unvail'd 24 The Areas of the Anchor Shanks are near as 3 to 1.

1857 J. O. Butler Beecroft's Compan. Iron Trade (ed. 4) 250 Anchor Palms, 8 to 28 inches in width.

1891 J. W. Collins Rep. Constr. & Equipm. Schooner Grampus in Rep. U.S. Commissioner Fish & Fisheries for 1887 (App. 5) 453 There are galvanized iron guards for the anchor bills to rest upon.

1917 Motor Boating Mar. 24/1 Untie the anchor line and remove it from the ring, tying it securely to the anchor crown where the shank and fluke arms join.

1935 J. Lindsay Runaway 151 In a locker he found a spare anchor-hawser.

1987 W. Hagelund Whalers no More i. 9 We greased and oiled the easing gear, the steering gear, and the anchor gear.

2002 J. C. Payne Motorboat Electr. & Electronics Man. ix. 223 Do not continue to load the anchor windlass to stall conditions without stopping every few minutes.