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ankers

  • plural
    of anker.
    anker
    noun
    a unit of volume formerly used for wine and distilled liquor in some European countries and equal to about 10 gallons, with the exact amount depending on context. The anker was also used in some places settled by the Dutch, such as South Africa and parts of New York.

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And the port of Alexandria is good when one is within it with good ankers and cables.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 11 by Richard Hakluyt

The ankers brak, and the tap-masts lap, It was sic a deadlie storm; And the waves cam' owre the broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn.

From English Songs and Ballads by T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson) Crosland

"Three gross of ankers, you say?" queried the Major.

From The Mayor of Troy by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Vpon the twelft of October wee wayed our ankers at Ratcliffe and went to Blackwall.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 11 by Richard Hakluyt

The ankers brak, and the topmast lap,   It was sic a deadly storm: And the waves cam owre the broken ship   Till a' her sides were torn.

From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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