| bring one's arse to an anchor | To sit down. | Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes) |
| let go an anchor to the windward of the law | To keep within the letter of the law. | Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes) |
| bitter end | That part of an anchor cable which is abaft the bitts and thus remains onboard when a ship is riding at anchor. | Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes) |
| up and down | Vertical; perpendicular; said of the cable when the anchor is under, or nearly under, the hawse hole, and the cable is taut. | Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes) |
