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Anchor :: Anchor (n.) A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station..

Cenobite :: Cenobite (n.) One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude..

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

Station :: Station (n.) A place to which ships may resort, and where they may anchor safely..

Anchoretism :: Anchoretism (n.) The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.

Viol :: Viol (n.) A large rope sometimes used in weighing anchor.

Anachoretical :: Anachoretical (a.) See Anchoret, Anchoretic..

Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.

Swing :: Swing (n.) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide..

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

Anchorite :: Anchorite (n.) One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse..

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..

Clinch :: Clinch (n.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts..

Stock :: Stock (n.) The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of Anchor.

Shank :: Shank (v.) The middle part of an anchor, or that part which is between the ring and the arms..

Anchored :: Anchored (imp. & p. p.) of Ancho.

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

Clubhaul :: Clubhaul (v. t.) To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the wind), and by cutting the cable as soon as she pays off on the other tack. Clubhauling is attempted only in an exigency..

Road :: Road (n.) A place where ships may ride at anchor at some distance from the shore; a roadstead; -- often in the plural; as, Hampton Roads..

Warp :: Warp (v.) A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing line; a warping hawser..

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