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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..

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..

Jew''s-harp :: Jew's-harp (n.) The shackle for joining a chain cable to an anchor.

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

Anchoretic :: Anchoretic (a.) Alt. of Anchoretica.

Anchorage :: Anchorage (n.) The set of anchors belonging to a ship.

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

Anchorage :: Anchorage (n.) A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties.

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

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

Clubhaul :: Clubhaul (v. t.) To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the wind), and by cutting the cable as soon as she pays off on the other tack. Clubhauling is attempted only in an exigency..

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

Grouser :: Grouser (n.) A pointed timber attached to a boat and sliding vertically, to thrust into the ground as a means of anchorage..

Anchor :: Anchor (n.) Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.

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

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..

Kedge :: Kedge (v. t.) A small anchor used whenever a large one can be dispensed witch. See Kedge, v. t., and Anchor, n..

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

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

Culdee :: Culdee (n.) One of a class of anchorites who lived in various parts of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales..

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