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Definition of anchor

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Anchor (n.) Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place..

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Flook :: Flook (n.) A fluke of an anchor.

Crib :: Crib (n.) A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc..

Anchor-hold :: Anchor-hold (n.) Hence: Firm hold: security.

Fish :: Fish (v. t.) To catch; to draw out or up; as, to fish up an anchor..

Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.

Aldine :: Aldine (a.) An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, of Venice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the sign of the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been applied to certain elegant editions of English works..

Handspike :: Handspike (n.) A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes..

Anchoretism :: Anchoretism (n.) The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.

Cable :: Cable (n.) A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links..

Tore :: Tore (n.) The solid inclosed by such a surface; -- sometimes called an anchor ring.

Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore..

Pee :: Pee (n.) Bill of an anchor. See Peak, 3 (c)..

Anchoring :: Anchoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ancho.

Station :: Station (n.) A place to which ships may resort, and where they may anchor safely..

Cyclide :: Cyclide (n.) A surface of the fourth degree, having certain special relations to spherical surfaces. The tore or anchor ring is one of the cyclides..

Anchorable :: Anchorable (a.) Fit for anchorage.

Anchorite :: Anchorite (n.) Same as Anchoret.

Swing :: Swing (n.) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide..

Mooring :: Mooring (n.) That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc..

Unmoor :: Unmoor (v. i.) To weigh anchor.