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

Cyclide :: Cyclide (n.) A surface of the fourth degree, having certain special relations to spherical surfaces. The tore or anchor ring is one of the cyclides..

Anchor :: Anchor (v. t.) To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship..

Cat :: Cat (n.) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship.

Anchoretish :: Anchoretish (a.) Hermitlike.

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

Signal :: Signal (v. t.) To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor..

Anchor :: Anchor (v. i.) To stop; to fix or rest.

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..

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

Bite :: Bite (v. i.) To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites..

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

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..

Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore..

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..

Cat :: Cat (v. t.) To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor..

Clinch :: Clinch (n.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts..

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

Anchorage :: Anchorage (n.) Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge..

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

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