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Definition of anchor
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of anchor is as below...
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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Anchored
::
Anchored
(a.)
Having
the
extremities
turned
back, like the
flukes
of an
anchor;
as, an
anchored
cross..
Fluke
::
Fluke (n.) One of the lobes of a
whale's
tail, so
called
from the
resemblance
to the fluke of an
anchor..
Tide
::
Tide (n.) To work into or out of a river or
harbor
by
drifting
with the tide and
anchoring
when it
becomes
adverse.
Anchor
::
Anchor
(v. t.) To place at
anchor;
to
secure
by an
anchor;
as, to
anchor
a
ship..
Anchorage
::
Anchorage
(n.) A toll for
anchoring;
anchorage
duties.
Bower
::
Bower (v. & n.) An
anchor
carried
at the bow of a ship.
Stock
::
Stock (n.) The
wooden
or iron
crosspiece
to which the shank of an
anchor
is
attached.
See
Illust.
of
Anchor.
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..
Tail
::
Tail (v. i.) To swing with the stern in a
certain
direction;
-- said of a
vessel
at
anchor;
as, this
vessel
tails down
stream..
Aweigh
::
Aweigh
(adv.)
Just drawn out of the
ground,
and
hanging
perpendicularly;
atrip;
-- said of the
anchor..
Anchor
::
Anchor
(n.) Fig.: That which gives
stability
or
security;
that on which we place
dependence
for
safety.
Weigh
::
Weigh (v. t.) To bear up; to
raise;
to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh
anchor..
Spare
::
Spare (v. t.) Held in
reserve,
to be used in an
emergency;
as, a spare
anchor;
a spare bed or
room..
Wind-rode
::
Wind-rode
(a.)
Caused
to ride or drive by the wind in
opposition
to the
course
of the tide; -- said of a
vessel
lying at
anchor,
with wind and tide
opposed
to each
other..
Unmoor
::
Unmoor
(v. t.) To cause to ride with one
anchor
less than
before,
after
having
been
moored
by two or more
anchors..
Anchoretish
::
Anchoretish
(a.)
Hermitlike.
Sheer
::
Sheer (n.) The
position
of a
vessel
riding
at
single
anchor
and
swinging
clear of it.
Astay
::
Astay
(adv.)
An
anchor
is said to be
astay,
when, in
heaving
it, an acute angle is
formed
between
the cable and the
surface
of the
water..
Anchor
::
Anchor
(n.)
Carved
work,
somewhat
resembling
an
anchor
or
arrowhead;
-- a part of the
ornaments
of
certain
moldings.
It is seen in the
echinus,
or
egg-and-anchor
(called
also
egg-and-dart,
egg-and-tongue)
ornament..
Viol
::
Viol (n.) A large rope
sometimes
used in
weighing
anchor.
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