Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Cast Anchor (To).

 Cast Accounts (To).Cast Aside (To). 
CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Cast Anchor (To).
 
To throw out the anchor in order to bring the vessel to a standstill. (Latin, anchoram jacre.)   1
 


 Cast Accounts (To).Cast Aside (To). 

 
Google
Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore.
Welcome · Advertising · Terms of Use · © 2009 Bartleby.com