Unmoor

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unmoor \Un*moor"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + moor.] (Naut.)
     (a) To cause to ride with one anchor less than before, after
         having been moored by two or more anchors.
     (b) To loose from anchorage. See {Moor}, v. t.
         [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unmoor \Un*moor"\, v. i.
     To weigh anchor. --Sir W. Scott.
     [1913 Webster]