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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: To cockbill the anchor (0.01062 detik)
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English → English (gcide) Definition: To cockbill the anchor Cockbill \Cock"bill\ (k[o^]k"b[i^]l`), v. t. [See Cock to set erect.] (Naut.) To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, to cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning. [1913 Webster] To cockbill the anchor, to suspend it from the cathead preparatory to letting it go. See Acockbill. [1913 Webster]
English → English (gcide) Definition: To cockbill the anchor Cockbill \Cock"bill\ (k[o^]k"b[i^]l`), v. t. [See Cock to set erect.] (Naut.) To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, to cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning. [1913 Webster] To cockbill the anchor, to suspend it from the cathead preparatory to letting it go. See Acockbill. [1913 Webster]
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