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Definition of anchor
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Anchor
(v. i.) To cast
anchor;
to come to
anchor;
as, our ship (or the
captain)
anchored
in the
stream..
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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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