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

Solitary :: Solitary (n.) One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret; a hermit; a recluse..

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..

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..

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

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

Tripping :: Tripping (n.) The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.

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

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

Buoy :: Buoy (v. t.) To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel..

Spare :: Spare (v. t.) Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room..

Anchor :: Anchor (n.) An emblem of hope.

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

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

Grouser :: Grouser (n.) A pointed timber attached to a boat and sliding vertically, to thrust into the ground as a means of anchorage..

Echinus :: Echinus (n.) A name sometimes given to the egg and anchor or egg and dart molding, because that ornament is often identified with Roman Doric capital. The name probably alludes to the shape of the shell of the sea urchin..

Fluke :: Fluke (n.) One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor..

Tore :: Tore (n.) The solid inclosed by such a surface; -- sometimes called an anchor ring.

Shoe :: Shoe (n.) To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor..

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.

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