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Nut :: Nut (n.) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place..

Anchor :: Anchor (n.) Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.

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..

Mooring :: Mooring (n.) That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc..

Anchor :: Anchor (v. t.) To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge..

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

Kedger :: Kedger (n.) A small anchor; a kedge.

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

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

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

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..

Peak :: Peak (n.) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.

Anchor :: Anchor (n.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta..

Davit :: Davit (n.) A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the fish davit..

Unanchor :: Unanchor (v. t.) To loose from the anchor, as a ship..

Jew''s-harp :: Jew's-harp (n.) The shackle for joining a chain cable to an anchor.

Sheet Cable :: Sheet cable () The cable belonging to the sheet anchor.

Laura :: Laura (n.) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.

Prizing :: Prizing (n.) The application of a lever to move any weighty body, as a cask, anchor, cannon, car, etc. See Prize, n., 5..

Berth :: Berth (n.) The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf..

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