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Anchorite :: Anchorite (n.) Same as Anchoret.

Unmoor :: Unmoor (v. t.) To cause to ride with one anchor less than before, after having been moored by two or more anchors..

Unmoor :: Unmoor (v. t.) To loose from anchorage. See Moor, v. t..

Bite :: Bite (v. t.) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the anchor bites the ground..

Sheer :: Sheer (n.) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.

Wind-rode :: Wind-rode (a.) Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; -- said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other..

Crossbeam :: Crossbeam (n.) A beam laid across the bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at anchor..

Hawse :: Hawse (n.) The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse..

Fluke :: Fluke (n.) One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor..

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

Acockbill :: Acockbill (adv.) Hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor..

Sheet Anchor :: Sheet anchor (v. t.) Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge.

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

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

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

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

Flook :: Flook (n.) A fluke of an anchor.

Shank :: Shank (v.) The middle part of an anchor, or that part which is between the ring and the arms..

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..

Anchor-hold :: Anchor-hold (n.) The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds..

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