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<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.</def>

<blockquote>Which hope we have as an <b>anchor</b> of the soul. <i>Heb. vi. 19.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>An emblem of hope.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>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 <altname>egg-and-dart</altname>, <altname>egg-and-tongue</altname>) ornament.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of <spn>Synapta</spn>.</def>

<cs><col>Anchor ice</col>. <cd>See under <er>Ice</er>.</cd> -- <col>Anchor ring</col>. <cd><fld>(Math.)</fld> Same as <er>Annulus</er>, 2 (b).</cd> -- <col>Anchor stock</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the crossbar at the top of the shank at right angles to the arms.</cd> -- <col>The anchor comes home</col>, <cd>when it drags over the bottom as the ship drifts.</cd> -- <col>Foul anchor</col>, <cd>the anchor when it hooks, or is entangled with, another anchor, or with a cable or wreck, or when the slack cable entangled.</cd> -- <col>The anchor is acockbill</col>, <cd>when it is suspended perpendicularly from the cathead, ready to be let go.</cd> -- <col>The anchor is apeak</col>, <cd>when the cable is drawn in do tight as to bring to ship directly over it.</cd> -- <mcol><col>The anchor is atrip</col>, or <col>aweigh</col></mcol>, <cd>when it is lifted out of the ground.</cd> -- <col>The anchor is awash</col>, <cd>when it is hove up to the surface of the water.</cd> -- <col>At anchor</col>, <cd>anchored.</cd> -- <col>To back an anchor</col>, <cd>to increase the holding power by laying down a small anchor ahead of that by which the ship rides, with the cable fastened to the crown of the latter to prevent its coming home.</cd> -- <col>To cast anchor</col>, <cd>to drop or let go an anchor to keep a ship at rest.</cd> -- <col>To cat the anchor</col>, <cd>to hoist the anchor to the cathead and pass the ring-stopper.</cd> -- <col>To fish the anchor</col>, <cd>to hoist the flukes to their resting place (called the bill-boards), and pass the shank painter.</cd> -- <col>To weigh anchor</col>, <cd>to heave or raise the anchor so as to sail away.</cd></cs>

<h1>Anchor</h1> <Xpage=<hw>An`a*stal"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ 54 fitted for checking, fr. <?/ + <?/ to send.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Styptic. <mark>[Obs.]<mark></def>>

<hw>An"chor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Anchored</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Anchoring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>ancrer</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; <as>as, to <ex>anchor</ex> a ship</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; <as>as, to <ex>anchor</ex> the cables of a suspension bridge</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Till that my nails were <b>anchored</b> in thine eyes. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Anchor</h1> <Xpage=<hw>An`a*stal"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ 54 fitted for checking, fr. <?/ + <?/ to send.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Styptic. <mark>[Obs.]<mark></def>>

<hw>An"chor</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cast anchor; to come to anchor; <as>as, our ship (or the captain) <ex>anchored</ex> in the stream</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To stop; to fix or rest.</def>

<blockquote>My invention . . . <b>anchors</b> on Isabel. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Anchor</h1> <Xpage=<hw>An`a*stal"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ 54 fitted for checking, fr. <?/ + <?/ to send.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Styptic. <mark>[Obs.]<mark></def>>

<hw>An"chor</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>anker</ets>, <ets>ancre</ets>, AS. <ets>ancra</ets>, fr. L. <ets>anachoreta</ets>. See <er>Anchoret</er>.]</ety> <def>An anchoret.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Anchorable</h1> <Xpage=<hw>An`a*stal"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ 54 fitted for checking, fr. <?/ + <?/ to send.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Styptic. <mark>[Obs.]<mark></def>>

<hw>An"chor*a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fit for anchorage.</def>

<h1>Anchorage</h1> <Xpage=<hw>An`a*stal"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ 54 fitted for checking, fr. <?/ + <?/ to send.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Styptic. <mark>[Obs.]<mark></def>>

<hw>An"chor*age</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The set of anchors belonging to a ship.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; <as>as, the <ex>anchorages</ex> of the Brooklyn Bridge</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>