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Anchoretism :: Anchoretism (n.) The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.

Anchorage :: Anchorage (n.) The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor..

Anchorage :: Anchorage (n.) Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge..

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..

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

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

Road :: Road (n.) A place where ships may ride at anchor at some distance from the shore; a roadstead; -- often in the plural; as, Hampton Roads..

Clinch :: Clinch (n.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts..

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

Fish :: Fish (n.) A purchase used to fish the anchor.

Nut :: Nut (n.) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place..

Bower :: Bower (v. & n.) An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.

Warp :: Warp (v.) A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing line; a warping hawser..

Anchor :: Anchor (v. t.) To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge..

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..

Cyclide :: Cyclide (n.) A surface of the fourth degree, having certain special relations to spherical surfaces. The tore or anchor ring is one of the cyclides..

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

Station :: Station (n.) A place to which ships may resort, and where they may anchor safely..

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

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

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