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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..

Haven :: Haven (n.) A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port..

Culdee :: Culdee (n.) One of a class of anchorites who lived in various parts of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales..

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..

Berth :: Berth (v. t.) To give an anchorage to, or a place to lie at; to place in a berth; as, she was berthed stem to stern with the Adelaide..

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

Palm :: Palm (n.) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.

Trip :: Trip (v. t.) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free..

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

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

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

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

Anchorage :: Anchorage (n.) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.

Fish :: Fish (v. t.) To catch; to draw out or up; as, to fish up an anchor..

Bend :: Bend (n.) A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post..

Buoy :: Buoy (n.) A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc..

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

Billboard :: Billboard (n.) A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on..

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

Anchoretic :: Anchoretic (a.) Alt. of Anchoretica.

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