Definition of anchor

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Anchor (n.) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.

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Anchored :: Anchored (imp. & p. p.) of Ancho.
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..
Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.
Unmoor :: Unmoor (v. t.) To loose from anchorage. See Moor, v. t..
Anchoritess :: Anchoritess (n.) An anchoress.
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..
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..
Arm :: Arm (n.) The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke..
Touch :: Touch (v.) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but (see Top and but, under Top, n.), or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters..
Culdee :: Culdee (n.) One of a class of anchorites who lived in various parts of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales..
Moor :: Moor (v. i.) To cast anchor; to become fast.
Unanchor :: Unanchor (v. t.) To loose from the anchor, as a ship..
Anchor :: Anchor (n.) An emblem of hope.
Cenobite :: Cenobite (n.) One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude..
Signal :: Signal (v. t.) To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor..
Anchoring :: Anchoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ancho.
Weather-bound :: Weather-bound (a.) Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel..
Anchoretism :: Anchoretism (n.) The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.
Sheet Cable :: Sheet cable () The cable belonging to the sheet anchor.
Davit :: Davit (n.) A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the fish davit..
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