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Anchor :: Anchor (n.) An emblem of hope.

Unmoor :: Unmoor (v. i.) To weigh anchor.

Anchored :: Anchored (a.) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; as, an anchored cross..

Prizing :: Prizing (n.) The application of a lever to move any weighty body, as a cask, anchor, cannon, car, etc. See Prize, n., 5..

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

Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.

Anchor :: Anchor (v. t.) To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge..

Moor :: Moor (v. t.) To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel was moored in the stream; they moored the boat to the wharf..

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

Cable :: Cable (n.) A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links..

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

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..

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..

Mooring :: Mooring (n.) That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc..

Anchorage :: Anchorage (n.) A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.

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

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..

Fish :: Fish (n.) A purchase used to fish the anchor.

Handspike :: Handspike (n.) A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes..

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

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