Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A former spelling of
anchor . - A simplified spelling of
anchor . - noun A former spelling of
anchor . - noun A liquid measure formerly used in England, and still common throughout Germany, Russia, and Denmark, having a capacity varying in different places from 9 to 10⅓ gallons. In Scotland it was equal to 20 Scotch pints. Also spelled
anchor .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch
anker , formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the old wine gallons, or 81/2 imperial gallons.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete a
measure ofwine orspirit equal to 10gallons ; abarrel of thiscapacity
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Examples
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What a complete * anker! on January 8, 2010 at 10: 49 am A Johnston
They Just Don’t Get It. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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May 27, 2010 at 8:27 am u need a skale dat goes tu lebentty tu wae deh anker. *nodz*
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May 27, 2010 at 8:32 am lol wat u need tew haul teh anker den?
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Vol. III, S. S.anker (ed.), London: Croom Helm: 111-120.
Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Mathematics Rodych, Victor 2007
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Critical Assessments, Vol. III, S. S.anker (ed.), London: Croom Helm: 242-249.
Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Mathematics Rodych, Victor 2007
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Once again, he handed the reins to a anker and made his way to the doorway, his rifle ready.
Alector's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2005
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Frenchman, who skulked so that I made sure of him, and not a blessed anker of foreign brandy, nor even a forty-pound bag of tea.
Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004
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And many of the farmers, who should have been his warmest friends and best customers, were now so attached to their king and country, by bellicose warmth and army contracts, that instead of a guinea for a four-gallon anker, they would offer three crowns, or the exciseman.
Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004
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The 14. day we came to an anker within two leagues of the shoare, hauing 60. fadoms.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Sunne, and Stamford at a West Sunne, and Yarmouth at a West northwest sunne, and so to Winterton, where we did anker al night: it was then calme, and the flood was come.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
reesetee commented on the word anker
Also spelled anchor, a small wine barrel once used in Britain and elsewhere in northern Europe to hold wine. A British anker usually held 37.85 liters; a Scottish anker held 20 Scots pints (about 34 liters).
November 6, 2007
yarb commented on the word anker
"...if your honour should want a small parcel of fine tea, or a few ankers of right Nantes, I'll be bound you shall be furnished to your heart's content."
— Smollett, Peregrine Pickle
January 12, 2022