Ambury

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Ancestor

1. n. One from whom an estate has descended; — the correlative of heir.

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Ancestorial

1. a. Ancestral.

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Ancestorially

1. adv. With regard to ancestors.

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Ancestral

1. a. Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.

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Ancestress

1. n. A female ancestor.

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Ancestry

1. n. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
2. n. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.

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Anchor

1. n. One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. n. Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.
5. n. An emblem of hope.
6. n. A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
7. 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.

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Anchored

1. imp. & p. p. of Anchor
2. a. 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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Anchoring

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Anchor

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