Helen Fenton

Anchorage: Definition and part of speech

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Anchorage

  1. n. Abode of an anchoret.
  2. n. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
  3. n. A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
  4. n. The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
  5. n. Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
  6. n. Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
  7. n. A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Anathematize: Definition and part of speech

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Anathematize

  1. v. t. To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Anatifa: Definition and part of speech

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Anatifa

  1. n. An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Anatiferous: Definition and part of speech

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Anatiferous

  1. a. Producing ducks; — applied to Anatifae, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.