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

Sheet Cable :: Sheet cable () The cable belonging to the sheet anchor.

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

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

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

Cathead :: Cathead (n.) A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured..

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

Crab :: Crab (a.) A claw for anchoring a portable machine.

Crib :: Crib (n.) A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc..

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

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

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

Disanchor :: Disanchor (v. t. & i.) To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor..

Anchor-hold :: Anchor-hold (n.) Hence: Firm hold: security.

Bower :: Bower (v. & n.) An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.

Hermit :: Hermit (n.) A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives..

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

Overrake :: Overrake (v. t.) To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves that break over a vessel anchored with head to the sea..

Anchoretish :: Anchoretish (a.) Hermitlike.

Echinus :: Echinus (n.) A name sometimes given to the egg and anchor or egg and dart molding, because that ornament is often identified with Roman Doric capital. The name probably alludes to the shape of the shell of the sea urchin..

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