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An anchor is a heavy object from a ship attached to along length of chain to hold the ship in one place.
No more so than "Why is a mouse when it spins." Weigh anchor is a command and a complete sentence in itself. If you were to ask: "Who would weigh anchor the most often?", or "Weigh anchor often.", then you would have a complete sentence without nonsense.
An anchor line is a very heavy rope or chain by which a ship's anchor is hoisted.
The Titanic's Anchor Weighed 16tonn
weigh down the anchor
Its' anchor, silly!
An anchor is a heavy piece of metal for lowering into the water to keep a ship from moving.
1 anchor
About a ton.
An anchor is a heavy object from a ship attached to along length of chain to hold the ship in one place.
It's a phrase that's often misunderstood. It means to pull up a ship's anchor. It's the opposite of "to drop anchor".
English galleon were physically smaller and less heavily armoured but more than a match gun-for-gun. In addition, English galleon were less top heavy, faster and more maneuverable.