10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDER WEIGH»
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under weigh in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
under weigh and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Kedge-anchor: Or, Young Sailors' Assistant : ...
To get under-weigh, and stand before the Wind, - 156 274. To get under-weigh
and back a-stern to avoid danger, - - 157 275. Getting under-weigh — a Shoal on
each Beam, - - - - 157 276. Getting under-weigh in a Narrow Channel, - 158 277.
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The Kedge Anchor; or, Young Sailors' Assistant
PART. IV. 271. Getting under-weigh, --------- 154 o'f ' JJ^e0 the Messenger
Strands, or is likely to part, - - - 155 273. To get under-weigh, and stand before
the Wmd, - - - 156 jFf" J,0 ?et under-weigh and back a-stern to avoid danger, - -
157 27o.
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The Kedge-anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Appertaining ...
Taking in Boats both sides at once, ----- 153 PART IV. 271. Getting under-weigh, -
-------- 154 272. When the Messenger Strands, or is likely to part, - - - 155 273. To
get under-weigh, and stand before the Wmd, - 156 274. To get under-weigh ...
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The Kedge Anchor, Or Young Sailors' Assistant
Getting under-weigh, -------- - 154 272. When the Messenger Strands, or is likely
to part, - - - 155 273. To get under-weigh, and stand before the Wind, - - - 156 274
. To get under-weigh and back a-stern to avoid danger, - - 157 275. Getting ...
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Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
Do you know any rule of the Watermen's company, with respect to the periods of
their getting under weigh ? — I do not know of myself, any more than I have
heard, that they ought to get under weigh and row a-head, as soon as they get to
the ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1821
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A new code of telegraphic signals for yachts and pleasure boats
Fleet to weigh when Commodore fires third gun, . ; Get under weigh, and steer as
I shall indicate by my next signal. Get under weigh and cast to starboard.' □ ! Get
under weigh and cast to port. Are they under weigh ? They .are under weigh.
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A Treatise Explanatory of a New System of Naval, Military ...
Under very Under very active Under very bad — Under very good Under very
great Under very many Under vulgar Under weigh ' — Getting) under weigh The
enemy are getting) under weigh. They are getting) under weigh. They have got) ...
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Garner's Modern American Usage
✳Under weigh for underway is a visual malapropism undoubtedly based on a
mistaken association with the nautical phrase to weigh anchor—e.g.: •. “The plot
doesn't get under weigh [read underway] again until the explorers return topside.
In the evening the squadron got under weigh, and stood out to sea, through the
Pertuis d'Antioche, no damage having keen done by the operations of the day, at
it is believed, on either side. No question, Mr. Editor, can remain on the feasibility
...
James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones, 1799
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The life of ... Horatio lord viscount Nelson
Justice got under weigh, and made several small tacks to keep near the
Guillaume Tell ; and, at nine o'clock, anchored : an English ship having got under
weigh, and making small tacks to prevent her getting away. At six o'clock, two
English ...
James Harrison (biographer of Nelson.), 1806
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDER WEIGH»
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under weigh is used in the context of the following news items.
Tiger Woods weakened under weight of expectations
We always appreciated his athletic brilliance, his steely determination, his grace under pressure and for what he meant to the game - sociologically and ... «ESPN, Jul 15»
Over and Under Weighs In On DeflateGate
It is unclear what penalty will be handed down. Jason Pothier and Ken Boehlke of CBS Sports Radio 1140's Over and Under weigh in on the controversy. «CBS Local, Jan 15»
School District struggles under weight of the Open Public Records Act
Making public who is asking for documents, and the cost to district taxpayers, is a way to address the issue. Those with reasonable requests have nothing to hide ... «South Whidbey Record, Jan 15»
Part of Paris bridge collapses under weight of 'love locks' left by …
A section of the metal mesh on the Pont des Arts footbridge over the Seine in Paris collapsed last night under the weight of the thousands of "love-locks" ... «The Independent, Jun 14»
