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Arm :: Arm (n.) The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke..

Sheet Cable :: Sheet cable () The cable belonging to the sheet anchor.

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..

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

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..

Tide :: Tide (n.) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.

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.

Bite :: Bite (v. i.) To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites..

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

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

Weather-bound :: Weather-bound (a.) Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel..

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..

Haven :: Haven (n.) A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port..

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

Unmoor :: Unmoor (v. i.) To weigh anchor.

Anchoritess :: Anchoritess (n.) An anchoress.

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

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

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

Fluke :: Fluke (n.) The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.

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