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Atrip :: Atrip (adv.) Just hove clear of the ground; -- said of the anchor.

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

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

Bite :: Bite (v. t.) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the anchor bites the ground..

Anchorate :: Anchorate (a.) Anchor-shaped.

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..

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

Stylo- :: Stylite (n.) One of a sect of anchorites in the early church, who lived on the tops of pillars for the exercise of their patience; -- called also pillarist and pillar saint..

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

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..

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

Anchorage :: Anchorage (n.) A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties.

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..

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

Anchorite :: Anchorite (n.) One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse..

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

Anchoring :: Anchoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ancho.

Anchorage :: Anchorage (n.) A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.

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..

Beam :: Beam (n.) The straight part or shank of an anchor.

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