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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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Fluke
::
Fluke (n.) One of the lobes of a
whale's
tail, so
called
from the
resemblance
to the fluke of an
anchor..
Weigh
::
Weigh (v. t.) To bear up; to
raise;
to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh
anchor..
Solitary
::
Solitary
(n.) One who lives
alone,
or in
solitude;
an
anchoret;
a
hermit;
a
recluse..
Touch
::
Touch (v.) The
broadest
part of a plank
worked
top and but (see Top and but, under Top, n.), or of one
worked
anchor-stock
fashion
(that is,
tapered
from the
middle
to both
ends);
also, the
angles
of the stern
timbers
at the
counters..
Anchor
::
Anchor
(v. i.) To stop; to fix or rest.
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..
Crossbeam
::
Crossbeam
(n.) A beam laid
across
the
bitts,
to which the cable is
fastened
when
riding
at
anchor..
Prizing
::
Prizing
(n.) The
application
of a lever to move any
weighty
body, as a cask,
anchor,
cannon,
car, etc. See
Prize,
n., 5..
Aldine
::
Aldine
(a.) An
epithet
applied
to
editions
(chiefly
of the
classics)
which
proceeded
from the press of Aldus
Manitius,
and his
family,
of
Venice,
for the most part in the 16th
century
and known by the sign of the
anchor
and the
dolphin.
The term has also been
applied
to
certain
elegant
editions
of
English
works..
Anchor
::
Anchor
(v. i.) To cast
anchor;
to come to
anchor;
as, our ship (or the
captain)
anchored
in the
stream..
Stock
::
Stock (n.) The
wooden
or iron
crosspiece
to which the shank of an
anchor
is
attached.
See
Illust.
of
Anchor.
Anchorage
::
Anchorage
(n.) Abode of an
anchoret.
Anchorage
::
Anchorage
(n.) A toll for
anchoring;
anchorage
duties.
Anchor
::
Anchor
(n.)
Carved
work,
somewhat
resembling
an
anchor
or
arrowhead;
-- a part of the
ornaments
of
certain
moldings.
It is seen in the
echinus,
or
egg-and-anchor
(called
also
egg-and-dart,
egg-and-tongue)
ornament..
Anchorage
::
Anchorage
(n.)
Something
which holds like an
anchor;
a hold; as, the
anchorages
of the
Brooklyn
Bridge..
Culdee
::
Culdee
(n.) One of a class of
anchorites
who lived in
various
parts of
Scotland,
Ireland,
and
Wales..
Roadstead
::
Roadstead
(n.) An
anchorage
off
shore.
Same as Road, 4..
Anchor
::
Anchor
(v. t.) To fix or
fasten;
to fix in a
stable
condition;
as, to
anchor
the
cables
of a
suspension
bridge..
Unanchor
::
Unanchor
(v. t.) To loose from the
anchor,
as a
ship..
Astay
::
Astay
(adv.)
An
anchor
is said to be
astay,
when, in
heaving
it, an acute angle is
formed
between
the cable and the
surface
of the
water..
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