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

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

Anchored :: Anchored (a.) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; as, an anchored cross..

Anchor-hold :: Anchor-hold (n.) The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds..

Anchorage :: Anchorage (n.) Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge..

Throat :: Throat (n.) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.

Club :: Club (v. i.) To drift in a current with an anchor out.

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

Cathead :: Cathead (n.) A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured..

Fish :: Fish (n.) A purchase used to fish the anchor.

Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor..

Hermit :: Hermit (n.) A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives..

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

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

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..

Crossbar :: Crossbar (n.) A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down..

Anchoret :: Anchoret (n.) Alt. of Anchorit.

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

Bite :: Bite (v. i.) To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites..

Signal :: Signal (v. t.) To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor..

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