To cast anchor

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	to drop or let go an anchor to keep a ship at rest.
(Naut.)	See under Anchor.

See also: Anchor Cast

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cast anchor
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They entered the roadstead; but as they drew near in order to cast anchor, a little cutter, looking like a coastguard formidably armed, approached the merchant vessel and dropped into the sea a boat which directed its course to the ladder.

The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

But having tried to cast anchor, which was a stone at the end of a piece of the kite-string, he found no bottom, and was fain to hold off, seeking for moorage, and, feeling his way, he buffeted against a sunken reef that cast him overboard by the greatness of the shock, and he was near to being drowned, but clambered back into the vessel.

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by Barrie, James Matthew View in context

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