Part 427

<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"cho*rage</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Abode of an anchoret.</def>

<h1>Anchorate</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*ate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Anchor-shaped.</def>

<h1>Anchored</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"chored</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; <as>as, an <ex>anchored</ex> bark</as>; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; <as>as, an <ex>anchored</ex> tongue</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; <as>as, an <ex>anchored</ex> cross</as>.</def> <altsp>[Sometimes spelt <asp>ancred</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Anchoress</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"cho*ress</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A female anchoret.</def>

<blockquote>And there, a saintly <b>anchoress</b>, she dwelt. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<mhw><h1>Anchoret, Anchorite</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"cho*ret</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>An"cho*rite</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>anachor\'8ate</ets>, L. <ets>anachoreta</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to go back, retire; <?/ + <?/ to give place, retire, <?/ place; perh. akin to Skr. <ets>h\'be</ets> to leave. Cf. <er>Anchor</er> a hermit.]</ety> <def>One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse.</def> <altsp>[Written by some authors <asp>anachoret</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an <b>anchorite's</b> or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. <i>Boyle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Anchoretic, Anchoretical</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><hw>An`cho*ret"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>An`cho*ret"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret.</def>

<h1>Anchoretish</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"cho*ret`ish</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hermitlike.</def>

<h1>Anchoretism</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"cho*ret*ism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.</def>

<h1>Anchor-hold</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-hold`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence: Firm hold: security.</def>

<h1>Anchorite</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"cho*rite</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Anchoret</er>.</def>

<h1>Anchoritess</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"cho*ri`tess</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An anchoress.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Anchorless</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*less</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.</def>