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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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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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