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Anastaltic (-stăltĭk), a. & n. [Gr. 'anastaltikos fitted for checking, fr. 'ana + stellein to send.] (Med.) Styptic. [Obs.] Coxe.
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Anastate (�), n. [Gr. � up + � to make to stand.] (Physiol.) One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm; -- opposed to katastate. Foster.
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Anastatic (�), a. [Gr. � up + � to make to stand: cf. � causing to stand.] Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates.
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In this process the letterpress, engraving, or design of any kind is transferred to a zinc plate; the parts not covered with ink are eaten out, leaving a facsimile in relief to be printed from.
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Anastatica n. 1. 1 a genus of plants consisting of a single species, rose of Jericho (also called resurrection plant).
Syn. -- genus Anastatica.
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anastigmat n. 1. compound lens or lens system designed to be free of astigmatism and able to form approximately point images.
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Anastigmatic (?), a. [Pref. an-not + astigmatic.] (Optics) Not astigmatic; free of astigmatism; -- pertaining to a lens or lens system, and used especially of a lens system which consists of a converging lens and a diverging lens of equal and opposite astigmatism but different focal lengths, and sensibly free from astigmatism.
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Anastomose (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Anastomozed (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Anastomosing.] [Cf. F. anastomoser, fr. anastomose. See .] 1. (Anat. & Bot.) To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins.
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The ribbing of the leaf, and the anastomosing network of its vessels. I. Taylor.
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2. Of any channels or lines, to meet and unite or run into each other, as rivers; to coalesce; to interjoin.
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Anastomosis (�), n.; pl. Anastomoses (�). [NL., fr. Gr. � opening, fr. � to furnish with a mouth or opening, to open; � + � mouth: cf. F. anastomose.] (Anat. & Bot.) The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins.
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Anastomotic (�), a. Of or pertaining to anastomosis.
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Anastomus n. 1. 1 openbills.
Syn. -- genus Anastomus.
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Anastrophe (�), n. [Gr. �, fr. � to turn up or back; � + � to turn.] (Rhet. & Gram.) An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed.
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Anathema (�), n.; pl. Anathemas (�). [L. anathĕma, fr. Gr. � anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also L. anathēma, fr. Gr. � a votive offering; all fr. � to set up as a votive gift, dedicate; � up + � to set. See .] 1. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed.
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[They] denounce anathemas against unbelievers. Priestley.
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2. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
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Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas of both [families]. Thackeray.
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3. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.
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The Jewish nation were an anathema destined to destruction. St. Paul . . . says he could wish, to save them from it, to become an anathema, and be destroyed himself. Locke.
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Coloq. Anathema Maranatha (�) (see 1 Cor. xvi. 22), an expression commonly considered as a highly intensified form of anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate sentence, meaning, “Our Lord cometh.”
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Anathematic (�), Anathematical (�), a. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema. -- Anathematically, adv.
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Anathematism (�), n. [Gr. � a cursing; cf. F. anathématisme.] Anathematization. [Obs.]
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We find a law of Justinian forbidding anathematisms to be pronounced against the Jewish Hellenists. J. Taylor.
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Anathematization (�), n. [LL. anathematisatio.] The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed; imprecation. Barrow.
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Anathematize (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anathematized (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Anathematizing.] [L. anathematizare, Gr. � to devote, make accursed: cf. F. anathématiser.] To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed. Milton.
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Anathematizer (�), n. One who pronounces an anathema. Hammond.
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Anatifa (�), n.; pl. Anatifæ (�). [NL., contr. fr. anatifera. See .] (Zoöl.) An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See .
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☞ The term Anatifæ, in the plural, is often used for the whole group of pedunculated cirripeds.
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Anatifer, (�), n. (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Anatiferous (�), a. [L. anas, anatis, a duck + -ferous.] (Zoöl.) Producing ducks; -- applied to Anatifæ, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See .
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Anatine (�), a. [L. anatinus, fr. anas, anatis, a duck.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the ducks; ducklike.
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Anatocism (�), n. [L. anatocismus, Gr. �; � again + � to lend on interest.] (Law) Compound interest. [R.] Bouvier.
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{ Anatomic (�), Anatomical (�), } a. [L. anatomicus, Gr. �: cf. F. anatomique. See .] Of or relating to anatomy or dissection; as, the anatomic art; anatomical observations. Hume.
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Anatomically, adv. In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection.
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Anatomism (�), n. [Cf. F. anatomisme.] 1. The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art.
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The stretched and vivid anatomism of their [i. e., the French] great figure painters. The London Spectator.
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2. The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the organism or of animal life.
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Anatomist (�), n. [Cf. F. anatomiste.] One who is skilled in the art of anatomy, or dissection.
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Anatomization (�), n. The act of anatomizing.
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Anatomize (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anatomized (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Anatomizing.] [Cf. F. anatomiser.] 1. To dissect; to cut in pieces, as an animal vegetable body, for the purpose of displaying or examining the structure and use of the several parts.
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2. To discriminate minutely or carefully; to analyze.
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If we anatomize all other reasonings of this nature, we shall find that they are founded on the relation of cause and effect. Hume.
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Anatomizer (�), n. A dissector.
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Anatomy (�), n.; pl. Anatomies (�). [F. anatomie, L. anatomia, Gr. � dissection, fr. � to cut up; � + � to cut.] 1. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection.
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2. The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.
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Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy. Dryden.
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☞ “Animal anatomy” is sometimes called zomy; “vegetable anatomy,” phytotomy; “human anatomy,” anthropotomy.
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Coloq. Comparative anatomy compares the structure of different kinds and classes of animals.
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3. A treatise or book on anatomy.
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4. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse.
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5. A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so.
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The anatomy of a little child, representing all parts thereof, is accounted a greater rarity than the skeleton of a man in full stature. Fuller.
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They brought one Pinch, a hungry, lean-faced villain,
A mere anatomy. Shak.
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Anatreptic (�), a. [overturning, fr. � to turn up or over; � + � too turn.] Overthrowing; defeating; -- applied to Plato's refutative dialogues. Enfield.
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Anatron (�), n. [F. anatron, natron, Sp. anatron, natron, fr. Ar. al-natrūn. See , .] [Obs.] 1. Native carbonate of soda; natron.
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2. Glass gall or sandiver.
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3. Saltpeter. Coxe. Johnson.
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{ Anatropal (�), Anatropous (�), } a. [Gr. � up + � to turn.] (Bot.) Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; -- opposed to orthotropous. Gray.
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Anatto (�), n. Same as .
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Anbury (�), Ambury (�), n. [AS. ampre, ompre, a crooked swelling vein: cf. Prov. E. amper a tumor with inflammation. Cf. the first syllable in agnail, and berry a fruit.] 1. (Far.) A soft tumor or bloody wart on horses or oxen.
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2. A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also fingers and toes.
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-ance. [F. -ance, fr. L. -antia and also fr. -entia.] A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See .
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☞ All recently adopted words of this class take either -ance or -ence, according to the Latin spelling.
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Ancestor (�), n. [OE. ancestre, auncestre, also ancessour; the first forms fr. OF. ancestre, F. ancêtre, fr. the L. nom. antessor one who goes before; the last form fr. OF. ancessor, fr. L. acc. antecessorem, fr. antecedere to go before; ante before + cedere to go. See , and cf. .] 1. One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.
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2. (Biol.) An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
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3. (Law) One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.
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Ancestorial (�), a. Ancestral. Grote.
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Ancestorially, adv. With regard to ancestors.
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Ancestral (?; 277), a. Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate. “Ancestral trees.” Hemans.
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Ancestress (�), n. A female ancestor.
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Ancestry (�), n. [Cf. OF. ancesserie. See .] 1. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
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Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. Addison.
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2. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
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Anchor (ăṉkẽr), n. [OE. anker, AS. ancor, oncer, L. ancora, sometimes spelt anchora, fr. Gr. 'agkyra, akin to E. angle: cf. F. ancre. See , 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.
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☞ The common anchor consists of a straight bar called a shank, having at one end a transverse bar called a stock, above which is a ring for the cable, and at the other end the crown, from which branch out two or more arms with flukes, forming with the shank a suitable angle to enter the ground.
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Formerly the largest and strongest anchor was the sheet anchor (hence, Fig., best hope or last refuge), called also waist anchor. Now the bower and the sheet anchor are usually alike. Then came the best bower and the small bower (so called from being carried on the bows). The stream anchor is one fourth the weight of the bower anchor. Kedges or kedge anchors are light anchors used in warping.
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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.
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3. Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.
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Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul. Heb. vi. 19.
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4. (Her.) An emblem of hope.
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5. (Arch.) (a) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together. (b) 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.
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6. (Zoöl.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
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6. (Television) an , , or .
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Coloq. Anchor ice . See under . -- Coloq. Anchor light See the vocabulary. -- Coloq. Anchor ring . (Math.) Same as , 2 (b). -- Coloq. Anchor shot See the vocabulary. -- Coloq. Anchor space See the vocabulary. -- Coloq. Anchor stock (Naut.), the crossbar at the top of the shank at right angles to the arms. -- Coloq. Anchor watch See the vocabulary. -- Coloq. The anchor comes home , when it drags over the bottom as the ship drifts. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. The anchor is acockbill , when it is suspended perpendicularly from the cathead, ready to be let go. -- Coloq. The anchor is apeak , when the cable is drawn in do tight as to bring to ship directly over it. -- Coloq. The anchor is atrip , or Coloq. aweigh , when it is lifted out of the ground. -- Coloq. The anchor is awash , when it is hove up to the surface of the water. -- Coloq. At anchor , anchored. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. To cast anchor , to drop or let go an anchor to keep a ship at rest. -- Coloq. To cat the anchor , to hoist the anchor to the cathead and pass the ring-stopper. -- Coloq. To fish the anchor , to hoist the flukes to their resting place (called the bill-boards), and pass the shank painter. -- Coloq. To weigh anchor , to heave or raise the anchor so as to sail away.
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Anchor (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anchored (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Anchoring.] [Cf. F. ancrer.] 1. To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.
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2. To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.
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Till that my nails were anchored in thine eyes. Shak.
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Anchor, v. i. 1. To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
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2. To stop; to fix or rest.
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My invention . . . anchors on Isabel. Shak.
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Anchor, n. [OE. anker, ancre, AS. ancra, fr. L. anachoreta. See .] An anchoret. [Obs.] Shak.
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Anchorable (�), a. Fit for anchorage.
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Anchorage (�), n. 1. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
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2. A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
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3. The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
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4. Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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5. Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
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6. A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties. Johnson.
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Anchorage (�), n. Abode of an anchoret.
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Anchorate (�), a. Anchor-shaped.
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Anchored (�), a. 1. Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue.
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2. (Her.) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; as, an anchored cross. [Sometimes spelt ancred.]
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Anchor escapement. (Horol.) (a) The common recoil escapement. (b) A variety of the lever escapement with a wide impulse pin.
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Anchoress (�), n. A female anchoret.
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And there, a saintly anchoress, she dwelt. Wordsworth.
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Anchoret (�), Anchorite (�), n. [F. anachorète, L. anachoreta, fr. Gr. �, fr. � to go back, retire; � + � to give place, retire, � place; perh. akin to Skr. hā to leave. Cf. a hermit.] One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some authors anachoret.]
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Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. Boyle.
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{ Anchoretic (�), Anchoretical (�), } a. [Cf. Gr. �.] Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret.
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Anchoretish (�), a. Hermitlike.
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Anchoretism (�), n. The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.
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Anchor-hold (�), n. 1. The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds.
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2. Hence: Firm hold: security.
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Anchorite (�), n. Same as .
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Anchoritess (�), n. An anchoress. [R.]
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Anchorless (�), a. Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
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Anchor light. (Naut.) The lantern shown at night by a vessel at anchor. International rules of the road require vessels at anchor to carry from sunset to sunrise a single white light forward if under 150 feet in length, and if longer, two such lights, one near the stern and one forward.
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Anchorman (ăṉkẽrmăn), n. a woman television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute. Male correlate of .
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anchorperson n. 1. an or . The anchorperson usually begins the broadcast, discusses certain topics, and introduces new topics, which may be discussed by other reprorters, especially when the report is recorded or broadcast from a location other than the main broadcast studio.
Syn. -- anchor, anchorman, anchorwoman.
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Anchor shot. (Billiards) A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space.
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Anchor space. (Billiards) In the balk-line game, any of eight spaces, 7 inches by 31/2, lying along a cushion and bisected transversely by a balk line. Object balls in an anchor space are treated as in balk.
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Anchor watch. (Naut.) A detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck at night when a vessel is at anchor.
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Anchorwoman (ăṉkẽrwŭm�n), n. a woman television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute. Female correlate of .
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Anchovy (ănchōv�), n. [Sp. anchoa, anchova, or Pg. anchova, prob. of Iberian origin, and lit. a dried or pickled fish, fr. Bisc. antzua dry: cf. D. anchovis, F. anchois.] (Zoöl.) A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species.
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