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Definition of anchor
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Anchor
(v. i.) To stop; to fix or rest.
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Anchored
::
Anchored
(imp. & p. p.) of
Ancho.
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..
Kedger
::
Kedger
(n.) A small
anchor;
a
kedge.
Wind-rode
::
Wind-rode
(a.)
Caused
to ride or drive by the wind in
opposition
to the
course
of the tide; -- said of a
vessel
lying at
anchor,
with wind and tide
opposed
to each
other..
Anchoretic
::
Anchoretic
(a.) Alt. of
Anchoretica.
Bend
::
Bend (n.) A knot by which one rope is
fastened
to
another
or to an
anchor,
spar, or
post..
Anchorage
::
Anchorage
(n.)
Something
which holds like an
anchor;
a hold; as, the
anchorages
of the
Brooklyn
Bridge..
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..
Cable
::
Cable (n.) A
large,
strong
rope or
chain,
of
considerable
length,
used to
retain
a
vessel
at
anchor,
and for other
purposes.
It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron
links..
Tide-rode
::
Tide-rode
(a.) Swung by the tide when at
anchor;
--
opposed
to
wind-rode.
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..
Tide
::
Tide (n.) To work into or out of a river or
harbor
by
drifting
with the tide and
anchoring
when it
becomes
adverse.
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..
Tripping
::
Tripping
(n.) The
loosing
of an
anchor
from the
ground
by means of its cable or buoy rope.
Throat
::
Throat
(n.) The angle where the arm of an
anchor
is
joined
to the
shank.
Hawse
::
Hawse (n.) The
situation
of the
cables
when a
vessel
is
moored
with two
anchors,
one on the
starboard,
the other on the port bow..
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..
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..
Berth
::
Berth (n.) The place where a ship lies when she is at
anchor,
or at a
wharf..
Drag
::
Drag (v. i.) To be drawn
along,
as a rope or
dress,
on the
ground;
to
trail;
to be moved
onward
along the
ground,
or along the
bottom
of the sea, as an
anchor
that does not
hold..
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