Anchor

n.	1.	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.
	2.	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.
	3.	Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety. Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul. - Heb. vi. 19.
	4.	(Her.) An emblem of hope.
	5.	(Arch.) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
	6.	(Zool.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
	6.	(Television) an achorman, anchorwoman, or anchorperson. Anchor ice See under Ice. Anchor light See the vocabulary. Anchor ring (Math.) Same as Annulus, 2 (b). Anchor shot See the vocabulary. Anchor space See the vocabulary. Anchor stock (Naut.) the crossbar at the top of the shank at right angles to the arms. Anchor watch See the vocabulary. The anchor comes home when it drags over the bottom as the ship drifts. Foul anchor the anchor when it hooks, or is entangled with, another anchor, or with a cable or wreck, or when the slack cable entangled. The anchor is acockbill when it is suspended perpendicularly from the cathead, ready to be let go. The anchor is apeak when the cable is drawn in do tight as to bring to ship directly over it. The anchor is atrip when it is lifted out of the ground. The anchor is awash when it is hove up to the surface of the water. At anchor anchored. To back an anchor 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. To cast anchor to drop or let go an anchor to keep a ship at rest. To cat the anchor to hoist the anchor to the cathead and pass the ring-stopper. To fish the anchor to hoist the flukes to their resting place (called the bill-boards), and pass the shank painter. To weigh anchor to heave or raise the anchor so as to sail away.
v. t.	1.	To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship. [imp. & p. p. Anchored ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Anchoring.]
	2.	To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge. Till that my nails were anchored in thine eyes. - Shak.
v. i.	1.	To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
	2.	To stop; to fix or rest. My invention . . . anchors on Isabel. - Shak.
n.	1.	An anchoret.

Noun	1.	anchor - a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving Synonyms: ground tackle
	2.	anchor - a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm" Synonyms: backbone, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay
	3.	anchor - a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute Synonyms: anchorman, anchorperson
Verb	1.	anchor - fix firmly and stably; "anchor the lamppost in concrete" Synonyms: ground
	2.	anchor - secure a vessel with an anchor; "We anchored at Baltimore" Synonyms: cast anchor, drop anchor

ANCHOR. A measure containing ten gallons. Lex, Mereatoria.

(hypertext)

anchor - (Or "span", "region", "button", "extent") An area within the content of a hypertext node (e.g. a web page) which is the source or destination of a link. A source anchor may be a word, phrase, image, or possibly the whole node. A destination anchor may be a whole node or some position within the node. Typically, clicking with the mouse on a source anchor causes the link to be followed and the anchor at the opposite end of the link to be displayed. Anchors are highlighted in some way (either always, or when the mouse is over them), or they may be marked by a special symbol. In HTML anchors are created with the .. construct. The opening A tag of a source anchor has an HREF (hypertext reference) attribute giving the destination in the form of a URL - usually a whole node or "page". E.g. Free On-line Dictionary of Computing Destination anchors are only used in HTML to name a position within a page using a NAME attribute. E.g. The name or "fragment identifier" is appended to the URL of the page with a "#": http://www.fairystory.com/goldilocks.html#chapter3 (Though it is generally better to break pages into smaller units than to have large pages with named sections).

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