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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.

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

Sheer :: Sheer (n.) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.

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

Boatswain :: Boatswain (n.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties..

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

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

Anchor :: Anchor (n.) Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place..

Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.

Mooring :: Mooring (n.) The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by means of anchors or fastenings..

Anchoritess :: Anchoritess (n.) An anchoress.

Anchor-hold :: Anchor-hold (n.) The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds..

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.

Unmoor :: Unmoor (v. t.) To loose from anchorage. See Moor, v. t..

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