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Cat :: Cat (n.) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship.

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..

Anchorage :: Anchorage (n.) The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor..

Warp :: Warp (v.) A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing line; a warping hawser..

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

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

Anchor :: Anchor (n.) Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place..

Synaptase :: Synapta (n.) A genus of slender, transparent holothurians which have delicate calcareous anchors attached to the dermal plates. See Illustration in Appendix..

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

Anchor :: Anchor (n.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta..

Fish :: Fish (n.) A purchase used to fish the anchor.

Anchor :: Anchor (n.) An anchoret.

Stock :: Stock (n.) The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of Anchor.

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

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

Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor..

Laura :: Laura (n.) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.

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

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

Mooring :: Mooring (n.) The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by means of anchors or fastenings..

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