English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Ancestress
(n.)
A female ancestor.
Ancestry
(n.)
Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence,
birth or honorable descent.
Ancestry
(n.)
A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those
who compose the line of natural descent.
Anchor
(n.)
A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
Anchor
(n.)
An anchoret.
Anchor
(v. i.)
To stop; to fix or rest.
Anchor
(v. i.)
To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the
captain) anchored in the stream.
Anchor
(v. t.)
To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to
anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.
Anchor
(v. t.)
To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to
anchor a ship.
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.
Anchor
(n.)
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.
Anchor
(n.)
A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable
(rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the
earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular
station.
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.
Anchor
(n.)
An emblem of hope.
Anchor
(n.)
Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which
we place dependence for safety.
Anchor-hold
(n.)
Hence: Firm hold: security.
Anchor-hold
(n.)
The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it
holds.
Anchorable
(a.)
Fit for anchorage.
Anchorage
(n.)
Something on which one may depend for security; ground
of trust.
Anchorage
(n.)
A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties.