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

Anchor :: Anchor (v. i.) To stop; to fix or rest.

Hawse :: Hawse (n.) The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow..

Caloyer :: Caloyer (n.) A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or recluse of the rule of St. Basil, especially, one on or near Mt. Athos..

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

Tore :: Tore (n.) The solid inclosed by such a surface; -- sometimes called an anchor ring.

Swing :: Swing (n.) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide..

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

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

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

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

Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor..

Shoe :: Shoe (n.) To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor..

Killock :: Killock (n.) A small anchor; also, a kind of anchor formed by a stone inclosed by pieces of wood fastened together..

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..

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