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Anchorage :: Anchorage (n.) Abode of an anchoret.

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..

Windlass :: Windlass (n.) A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam..

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

Anchor :: Anchor (n.) An anchoret.

Billboard :: Billboard (n.) A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on..

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.

Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore..

Fluke :: Fluke (n.) The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.

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

Cat :: Cat (n.) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship.

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

Crab :: Crab (a.) A claw for anchoring a portable machine.

Anchorage :: Anchorage (n.) The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor..

Disanchor :: Disanchor (v. t. & i.) To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor..

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

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

Atrip :: Atrip (adv.) Just hove clear of the ground; -- said of the anchor.

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

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

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