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

Kedger :: Kedger (n.) A small anchor; a kedge.

Catfall :: Catfall (n.) A rope used in hoisting the anchor to the cathead.

Buoy :: Buoy (n.) A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc..

Jew''s-harp :: Jew's-harp (n.) The shackle for joining a chain cable to an anchor.

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

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

Anchorable :: Anchorable (a.) Fit for anchorage.

Aweigh :: Aweigh (adv.) Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; -- said of the anchor..

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..

Anchored :: Anchored (a.) Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue..

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

Anchoret :: Anchoret (n.) Alt. of Anchorit.

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

Anchoress :: Anchoress (n.) A female anchoret.

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

Anchorage :: Anchorage (n.) Abode of an anchoret.

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..

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

Grapnel :: Grapnel (n.) A small anchor, with four or five flukes or claws, used to hold boats or small vessels; hence, any instrument designed to grapple or hold; a grappling iron; a grab; -- written also grapline, and crapnel..

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