"Anchorage" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
In English law. A pres-tatlon or toll for every anchor cast from a ship in a port; and sometimes, though there be no anchor. Hale, de Jure Mar. pt. 2. c. 6. See 1 W. Bl. 413 et seq.; 4 Term. 262
A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a
hold for an anchor.
The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at
anchor.
Abode of an anchoret.
Something on which one may depend for security; ground
of trust.
A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties.
Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the
anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Ron gave a tiny jerk of the head that Harry understood to mean, Well - if you must.
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ábang v {1} [A2S; b] rent. Ang usa ka kwartu giabángan sa tigúlang, The old man rents one of the …
Read the complete definitionHanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor.
Read the complete definitionalastar v [B12] for an anchored boat to get loose and drift away. Nagkaalastar na ang ímung sakayan, Your boat …
Read the complete definitionAn epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, …
Read the complete definitionFig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.
Read the complete definitionCarved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen …
Read the complete definitionTo stop; to fix or rest.
Read the complete definitionAn emblem of hope.
Read the complete definitionAn anchoret.
Read the complete definitionA metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
Read the complete definitionA iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, …
Read the complete definitionTo place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.
Read the complete definitionTo cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
Read the complete definitionTo fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.
Read the complete definitionAny instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold …
Read the complete definitionOne of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species …
Read the complete definitionA measure containing ten gallons
Read the complete definitionFit for anchorage.
Read the complete definitionAnchor-shaped.
Read the complete definitionHaving the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; as, an anchored cross.
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