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Tail :: Tail (v. i.) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; -- said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel tails down stream..

Handspike :: Handspike (n.) A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes..

Kedge :: Kedge (v. t.) A small anchor used whenever a large one can be dispensed witch. See Kedge, v. t., and Anchor, n..

Roadster :: Roadster (n.) A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides.

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

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..

Crossbar :: Crossbar (n.) A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down..

Cat :: Cat (v. t.) To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor..

Bill :: Bill (n.) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke.

Crib :: Crib (n.) A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc..

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

Unanchor :: Unanchor (v. t.) To loose from the anchor, as a ship..

Signal :: Signal (v. t.) To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor..

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

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..

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

Sea Anchor :: Sea anchor () See Drag sail, under 4th Drag..

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

Buoy :: Buoy (v. t.) To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel..

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.

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