Webster's Dictionary 1913

3916

Anbury

An″bur‐y (�), Am″bur‐y (�), 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....

3917

Ancestor

An″ces‐tor (�), 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. an...

3918

Ancestorial

An′ces‐to″ri‐al (�), a. Ancestral. Grote.

3919

Ancestorially

An′ces‐to″ri‐al‐ly, adv. With regard to ancestors.

3920

Ancestral

An‐ces″tral (?; 277), a. Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate. “Ancestral trees.” Hemans.

3921

Ancestress

An″ces‐tress (�), n. A female ancestor.

3922

Ancestry

An″ces‐try (�), n. [Cf. OF. ancesserie. See Ancestor.] 1. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.Title and ancestry render a good man mo...

3923

Anchor

An″chor (ăṉ″kẽr), n. [OE. anker, AS. ancor, oncer, L. ancora, sometimes spelt anchora, fr. Gr. ἄγκυρα, akin to E. angle: cf. F. ancre. See Angle, n.] 1. A iron instrument which ...

3924

Anchor (2)

An″chor (�), 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.2. To fix or fasten...

3925

Anchor (3)

An″chor, 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.

3926

Anchor (4)

An″chor, n. [OE. anker, ancre, AS. ancra, fr. L. anachoreta. See Anchoret.] An anchoret. Shak.

3927

Anchor escapement

An″chor es‐cape″ment. (Horol.) (a) The common recoil escapement. (b) A variety of the lever escapement with a wide impulse pin.

3928

Anchor light

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 ...

3929

Anchor shot

Anchor shot. (Billiards) A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space.

3930

Anchor space

Anchor space. (Billiards) In the balk-line game, any of eight spaces, 7 inches by 3½, lying along a cushion and bisected transversely by a balk line. Object balls in an anchor s...

3931

Anchor watch

Anchor watch. (Naut.) A detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck at night when a vessel is at anchor.

3932

Anchor-hold

An″chor–hold′ (�), n. 1. The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds.2. Hence: Firm hold: security.

3933

Anchorable

An″chor‐a‐ble (�), a. Fit for anchorage.

3934

Anchorage

An″chor‐age (�), n. 1. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.2. A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.3. The set of anch...

3935

Anchorage (2)

An″cho‐rage (�), n. Abode of an anchoret.

3936

Anchorate

An″chor‐ate (�), a. Anchor-shaped.

3937

Anchored

An″chored (�), a. 1. Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue.2. (Her.) Having the extremitie...

3938

Anchoress

An″cho‐ress (�), n. A female anchoret.And there, a saintly anchoress, she dwelt.Wordsworth.

3939

Anchoret

An″cho‐ret (�), An″cho‐rite (�), 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....

3940

Anchoretic

{ An′cho‐ret″ic (�), An′cho‐ret″ic‐al (�), } a. Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret.

3941

Anchoretish

An″cho‐ret′ish (�), a. Hermitlike.

3942

Anchoretism

An″cho‐ret‐ism (�), n. The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.