weigh anchor

On the 2nd of July, we again attempted to weigh anchor, but with no better success than the day before.

Delay followed upon heart-breaking delay, until we began to lose hope that the Batoum would ever weigh anchor.

He next received orders to weigh anchor and set sail for Lerici.

The Kent was at once ordered to weigh anchor, and every ship in the squadron to raise steam for full speed.

Two o'clock in the morning of April 24, 1862, was fixed as the hour for the fleet to weigh anchor and steam up the river.