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Bill :: Bill (n.) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke.

Anchorage :: Anchorage (n.) The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor..

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

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..

Awash :: Awash (a.) Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it..

Sheet Anchor :: Sheet anchor (v. t.) Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge.

Bite :: Bite (v. t.) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the anchor bites the ground..

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

Hawse :: Hawse (n.) The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow..

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

Anchoretical :: Anchoretical (a.) Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret.

Davit :: Davit (n.) A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the fish davit..

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

Tide-rode :: Tide-rode (a.) Swung by the tide when at anchor; -- opposed to wind-rode.

Gimlet :: Gimlet (v. t.) To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet..

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

Bend :: Bend (n.) A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post..

Arm :: Arm (n.) The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke..

Warp :: Warp (v.) A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing line; a warping hawser..

Berth :: Berth (v. t.) To give an anchorage to, or a place to lie at; to place in a berth; as, she was berthed stem to stern with the Adelaide..

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