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Atrip

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The anchor is atrip when it has just been drawn from the ground in a perpendicular direction. A sail is atrip when it has been hoisted from the cap, and is ready for trimming. The word is from the Norwegian and Danish trip, a short step.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Atlantes
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantis
Atlas
Atman
Atomic Philosophy
Atomic Theory
Atomic Volume
Atomic Weight
Atossa
Atrip
Attaint
Attercop
Attic Bee (The)
Attic Bird (The)
Attic Boy (The)
Attic Faith
Attic Muse (The)
Attic Order
Attic Salt
Attic Science