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Apeak :: Apeak (adv. & a.) In a vertical line. The anchor in apeak, when the cable has been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it, and the ship is them said to be hove apeak..

Anchoress :: Anchoress (n.) A female anchoret.

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

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

Crossbar :: Crossbar (n.) A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down..

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

Sea Anchor :: Sea anchor () See Drag sail, under 4th Drag..

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

Stock :: Stock (n.) The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of Anchor.

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

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

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..

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

Anachoretical :: Anachoretical (a.) See Anchoret, Anchoretic..

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..

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

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

Moor :: Moor (v. i.) To cast anchor; to become fast.

Club :: Club (v. i.) To drift in a current with an anchor out.

Killock :: Killock (n.) A small anchor; also, a kind of anchor formed by a stone inclosed by pieces of wood fastened together..

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