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Anchored :: Anchored (imp. & p. p.) of Ancho.

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..

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

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

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

Anchorate :: Anchorate (a.) Anchor-shaped.

Palm :: Palm (n.) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.

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..

Viol :: Viol (n.) A large rope sometimes used in weighing anchor.

Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor..

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

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

Culdee :: Culdee (n.) One of a class of anchorites who lived in various parts of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales..

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

Anchor :: Anchor (n.) A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station..

Anchor :: Anchor (n.) Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place..

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

Laura :: Laura (n.) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.

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

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