Definition of anker

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Anker (n.) A liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch anker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the old wine gallons, or 8/ imperial gallons..

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Noma :: Noma (n.) See Canker, n., 1..
Erode :: Erode (v. t.) To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh..
Goldsmith :: Goldsmith (n.) A banker.
Syndicate :: Syndicate (n.) An association of persons officially authorized to undertake some duty or to negotiate some business; also, an association of persons who combine to carry out, on their own account, a financial or industrial project; as, a syndicate of bankers formed to take up and dispose of an entire issue of government bonds..
Cankerous :: Cankerous (a.) Affecting like a canker.
Faro :: Faro (n.) A gambling game at cardds, in whiich all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack..
Geometrid :: Geometrid (n.) One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometridae; -- so called because their larvae (called loopers, measuring worms, spanworms, and inchworms) creep in a looping manner, as if measuring. Many of the species are injurious to agriculture, as the cankerworms..
Spanker :: Spanker (n.) Something very large, or larger than common; a whopper, as a stout or tall person..
Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous..
Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
Banker :: Banker (n.) A money changer.
Hanker :: Hanker (v. i.) To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town..
Clearing :: Clearing (n.) A method adopted by banks and bankers for making an exchange of checks held by each against the others, and settling differences of accounts..
Ranker :: Ranker (n.) One who ranks, or disposes in ranks; one who arranges..
Covet :: Covet (v. t.) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
Bankeress :: Bankeress (n.) A female banker.
Check :: Check (n.) A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below..
Anker :: Anker (n.) A liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch anker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the old wine gallons, or 8/ imperial gallons..
Spanker :: Spanker (n.) The after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a boom and gaff; -- sometimes called driver. See Illust. under Sail..
Bank Note :: Bank note () Formerly, a promissory note made by a banker, or banking company, payable to a specified person at a fixed date; a bank bill. See Bank bill, 2..
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