ANCHORED

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue.

2.
a.

Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; as, an anchored cross. [Sometimes spelt ancred.]


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