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- English Word Anchor Definition 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.
- English Word Anchor Definition Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.
- English Word Anchor Definition An emblem of hope.
- English Word Anchor Definition A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
- English Word Anchor Definition Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
- English Word Anchor Definition One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
- English Word Anchor Definition To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.
- English Word Anchor Definition To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.
- English Word Anchor Definition To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
- English Word Anchor Definition To stop; to fix or rest.
- English Word Anchor Definition An anchoret.
- English Word Anchor-hold Definition The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds.
- English Word Anchor-hold Definition Hence: Firm hold: security.
- English Word Anchorable Definition Fit for anchorage.
- English Word Anchorage Definition The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
- English Word Anchorage Definition A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
- English Word Anchorage Definition The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
- English Word Anchorage Definition Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
- English Word Anchorage Definition Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
- English Word Anchorage Definition A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties.