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Flook :: Flook (n.) A fluke of an anchor.

Spare :: Spare (v. t.) Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room..

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

Anchorage :: Anchorage (n.) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.

Tide :: Tide (n.) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.

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

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..

Bitts :: Bitts (n. pl.) A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anchor, or in warping. Other bitts are used for belaying (belaying bitts), for sustaining the windlass (carrick bitts, winch bitts, or windlass bitts), to hold the pawls of the windlass (pawl bitts) etc..

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

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object..

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

Arm :: Arm (n.) The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke..

Anchor :: Anchor (n.) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.

Mooring :: Mooring (n.) The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by means of anchors or fastenings..

Anchorite :: Anchorite (n.) Same as Anchoret.

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

Sheet Anchor :: Sheet anchor (v. t.) A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; -- called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor.

Weather-bound :: Weather-bound (a.) Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel..

Unmoor :: Unmoor (v. t.) To cause to ride with one anchor less than before, after having been moored by two or more anchors..

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

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