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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.)
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..
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Sheet Cable
::
Sheet cable () The cable
belonging
to the sheet
anchor.
Anchorage
::
Anchorage
(n.) The set of
anchors
belonging
to a ship.
Bower
::
Bower (v. & n.) An
anchor
carried
at the bow of a ship.
Crown
::
Crown (n.) That part of an
anchor
where the arms are
joined
to the
shank.
Unmoor
::
Unmoor
(v. i.) To weigh
anchor.
Trip
::
Trip (v. t.) To raise (an
anchor)
from the
bottom,
by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs
free..
Anchorate
::
Anchorate
(a.)
Anchor-shaped.
Anchorite
::
Anchorite
(n.) One who
renounces
the world and
secludes
himself,
usually
for
religious
reasons;
a
hermit;
a
recluse..
Culdee
::
Culdee
(n.) One of a class of
anchorites
who lived in
various
parts of
Scotland,
Ireland,
and
Wales..
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..
Hawse
::
Hawse (n.) The
distance
ahead to which the
cables
usually
extend;
as, the ship has a clear or open
hawse,
or a foul
hawse;
to
anchor
in our
hawse,
or
athwart
hawse..
Sheet Anchor
::
Sheet
anchor
(v. t.)
Anything
regarded
as a sure
support
or
dependence
in
danger;
the best hope or
refuge.
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..
Spare
::
Spare (v. t.) Held in
reserve,
to be used in an
emergency;
as, a spare
anchor;
a spare bed or
room..
Haven
::
Haven (n.) A bay,
recess,
or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a
river,
which
affords
anchorage
and
shelter
for
shipping;
a
harbor;
a
port..
Girt
::
Girt (a.) Bound by a
cable;
-- used of a
vessel
so
moored
by two
anchors
that she
swings
against
one of the
cables
by force of the
current
or tide.
Disanchor
::
Disanchor
(v. t. & i.) To raise the
anchor
of, as a ship; to weigh
anchor..
Cenobite
::
Cenobite
(n.) One of a
religious
order,
dwelling
in a
convent,
or a
community,
in
opposition
to an
anchoret,
or
hermit,
who lives in
solitude..
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..
Anchor
::
Anchor
(v. t.) To fix or
fasten;
to fix in a
stable
condition;
as, to
anchor
the
cables
of a
suspension
bridge..
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