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Anchorless. World English Historical Dictionary

Anchorless. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1888, rev. 2024. Anchorless a. rare. [f. ANCHOR sb.1 + -LESS.] Devoid of an anchor; fig. Without firm hold, having nothing to repose upon; drifting.

1 1829.  Standard, 27 Nov., 3/3. The wind blew with terrific force, anchorless, and the crew exhausted with fatigue, the captain ... spoke to several Margate boats, and she was taken in tow.

2 1863.  J. C. Morison, St. Bern., 68. They had the same anchorless insecurity as to what the invisible world would next do to, and in, the visible world.

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