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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..

Solitary :: Solitary (n.) One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret; a hermit; a recluse..

Drag :: Drag (v. i.) To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold..

Berth :: Berth (n.) The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf..

Acockbill :: Acockbill (adv.) Hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor..

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

Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.

Roadstead :: Roadstead (n.) An anchorage off shore. Same as Road, 4..

Palm :: Palm (n.) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.

Anchor :: Anchor (n.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta..

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..

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

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..

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

Beam :: Beam (n.) The straight part or shank of an anchor.

Anchor :: Anchor (v. i.) To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream..

Aweigh :: Aweigh (adv.) Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; -- said of the anchor..

Anchoritess :: Anchoritess (n.) An anchoress.

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..

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