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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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Mooring :: Mooring (n.) The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by means of anchors or fastenings..

Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor..

Moor :: Moor (v. i.) To cast anchor; to become fast.

Shoe :: Shoe (n.) To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor..

Anchor :: Anchor (v. t.) To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship..

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..

Catfall :: Catfall (n.) A rope used in hoisting the anchor to the cathead.

Crown :: Crown (n.) That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank.

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

Grapnel :: Grapnel (n.) A small anchor, with four or five flukes or claws, used to hold boats or small vessels; hence, any instrument designed to grapple or hold; a grappling iron; a grab; -- written also grapline, and crapnel..

Kedger :: Kedger (n.) A small anchor; a kedge.

Fluke :: Fluke (n.) The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.

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

Synaptase :: Synapta (n.) A genus of slender, transparent holothurians which have delicate calcareous anchors attached to the dermal plates. See Illustration in Appendix..

Anchor :: Anchor (n.) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.

Unmoor :: Unmoor (v. t.) To loose from anchorage. See Moor, v. t..

Shank :: Shank (v.) The middle part of an anchor, or that part which is between the ring and the arms..

Road :: Road (n.) A place where ships may ride at anchor at some distance from the shore; a roadstead; -- often in the plural; as, Hampton Roads..

Anchoress :: Anchoress (n.) A female anchoret.

Laura :: Laura (n.) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.