See also:

• ANCHOR (from the Greek ayrcvpa, which Vossius considers is from 6yi17 , a crook or hook)

ANCHOR (from the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek ayrcvpa, which See also:

• VOSSIUS [Voss], GERHARD JOHANN (1577–1649)

Vossius considers is from 6yi17 , a crook or See also:

• HOOK, JAMES CLARKE (1819-1907)
• HOOK, THEODORE EDWARD (1788-1841)
• HOOK, WALTER FARQUHAR (1798-1875)

hook)  , an See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument of See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron or other heavy material used for holding See also:

• SHIPS

ships or boats in any locality required, and preventing them from drifting by winds, tides, currents or other causes . This is done by the See also:

• ANCHOR (from the Greek ayrcvpa, which Vossius considers is from 6yi17 , a crook or hook)

anchor, after it is let go from the See also:

• SHIP

ship by means of the See also:

• CABLE (from Late Lat. capulum, a halter, from capere, to take hold of)
• CABLE, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1844– )

cable, fixing itself in the ground and there holding the See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel fast . The word " anchor " is also used figuratively for anything which gives See also:

• SECURITY (Lat. securus, free from care, safe)

security, or for any See also:

• ORNAMENT (Lat. ornare, to adorn)

ornament or appendage which takes the same See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form . Owing to a vessel's safety depending upon the anchor, it is obviously an appliance of See also:

• GREAT

great importance, and too much care cannot be expended on its manufacture and proper construction . The most See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient anchors consisted of large stones, baskets full of stones, sacks filled with See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand, or logs of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood loaded with See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead . Of this See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind were the anchors of the ancient Greeks, which, according to See also:

• APOLLONIUS

Apollonius Rhodius and See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen of See also:

• BYZANTIUM

Byzantium, were formed of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone; and See also:

• ATHENAEUS

Athenaeus states that they were sometimes made of wood . Such anchors held the vessel merely by their See also:

• WEIGHT

weight and by the See also:

• FRICTION (from Lat. fricare, to rub)

friction along. the bottom . Iron was afterwards introduced for the construction of anchors, and an improvement was made by forming them with See also:

• TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth or " flukes " to fasten themselves into the bottom; 1 A . C . See also:

• LYALL
• LYALL, EDNA

Lyall, See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic Studies (reprinted by See also:

• WATTS, ALARIC ALEXANDER (1797-1864)
• WATTS, GEORGE FREDERICK (1817-1904)
• WATTS, ISAAC (1674-1748)

Watts and Co., See also:

• LONDON

London, 1907), P . 19 . whence the words b 6'res and denies are frequently taken for anchors in the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek and Latin poets .

The invention of the teeth is ascribed by See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny to the Tuscans; but See also:

• PAUSANIAS

Pausanias gives the See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit to See also:

• MIDAS

Midas, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• PHRYGIA

Phrygia . Originally there was only one See also:

• FLUKE (probably connected with the Ger. flack, flat)

fluke or tooth, whence anchors were called crepbvro,uoI; but a second was added, according to Pliny, by Eupalainus, or, according to See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo, by See also:

• ANACHARSIS

Anacharsis, the Scythian philosopher . The anchors with two teeth were called aµobil3okot or aµOIVroµoL, and from ancient monuments appear to have resembled generally those used in See also:

• MODERN

modern days, except that the stock is absent from them all . Every shi, had several anchors; the largest, See also:

• COR

cor- d responding to our See also:

• SHEET

sheet anchor, was only used in extreme danger, and was hence peculiarly termed iepa or sacra, whence the See also:

• PROVERB (Lat. proverbium, from pro, forth, publicly, verbum, word; the Greek equivalent is irapolµia, from 7rapa, alongside, and oiµos, way, road, i.e. a wayside saying; Ger. Sprichwort)

proverb sacram anchoram solvere, as flying to the last See also:

• REFUGE

refuge . Until the beginning of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century anchors were of imperfect manufacture, the means of effecting See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good and efficient See also:

• WELDING (i.e. the action of the verb " to weld," the same word as " to well," to boil or spring up, the history of the word being to boil, to heat to a high degree, to beat heated iron; according to Skeat, who points out that in Swedish the compound verb

welding being absent and the iron poor, whilst the arms, being straight, generally parted at the See also:

• CROWN

crown, when weighing from good holding-ground . A clerk in See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth Yard, named Pering, in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PART

part of that century (1813) introduced curved arms; and after 1852 the See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

Admiralty anchor, under the direction of the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board, was supplied to H.M. ships, followed by See also:

• LIEUTENANT

Lieutenant (afterwards See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain) Rodger's anchor (fig . I) . This marked a great departure from the form of previous anchors . The arms, de, df were formed in one piece, and were pivoted at the crown d on a See also:

• BOLT

bolt passing through the forked shank ab . The points or pees e, f, to the palms g were See also:

• BLUNT, JOHN HENRY (1823–1884)
• BLUNT, JOHN JAMES (1794–1855)
• BLUNT, WILFRID SCAWEN (184o— )

blunt . This anchor had an excellent reputation amongst nautical men of that See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, and by the See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee on anchors, appointed by the admiralty in 1852, it was placed second only to the anchor of Trotman . Later came the self-canting and See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close-stowing See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin anchor, which, passing through successive improvements, became the improved Martin anchor (fig .

2) made of forged iron . A See also:

• PROJECTION

projection in the centre of the arms See also:

• WORKS

works in a See also:

• RECESS (Lat. recessus, a going back, withdrawal, from recedere, to withdraw)

recess at the hub of the shank; the vacancies out-See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side the shank are filled by blocks bolted through on each side, and are flush with the side plates, which keep the flukes in position . The introduction of See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel in 1894 led to the improved Martin-Adelphi See also:

• PATTERN

pattern (fig . 3), in which the crown and arms are cast in one, and, with the stock, are made of cast steel, the shank remaining of forged iron . A projection in the crown works in a recess (right, fig . 3), and is secured in its See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place by a forged steel See also:

• PIN (a doublet with " pen " from Lat. pinna, feather, pinnacle, which is said to contain the same root as irirvs, pine tree, and properly to mean a sharp point or end)

pin, fitted with a See also:

• NUT
• NUT (0. Eng. knutu, cf. Dutch noot, Ger. Nuss; allied with Gael. cno; it is not of the same form as Lat. nux)

nut and washer, which passes through the crown and the See also:

• HEEL

heel of the shank . All the above anchors were provided with a stock(fig . 1, hk), the use of which is to " cant " the anchor . If it falls on the ground, resting on one See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm and one stock, when a See also:

• STRAIN (through O. Fr. straindre, estraindre, mod. i treindre, from Lat. stringere, to draw tight, related to stress, stretch, string, &c.)

strain is brought on the cable, the stock cants the anchor. causing the arms to See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie at a downward See also:

• ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle to the holding ground; and the pees enter and See also:

• BURY
• BURY, JOHN BAGNELL (1861- )

bury themselves below the See also:

• SURFACE

surface of the See also:

• SOIL

soil . To See also:

• STOW, JOHN (c. 1525-1605)

stow a stocked anchor on the forecastle, it is See also:

• HOVE

hove up close to the forefoot, and by means of a ground See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain (secured to a balancing or gravity See also:

• BAND

band on the anchor), which is joined to a catting chain rove through a See also:

• CAT
• CAT, CIVET
• CAT, HOUSE

cat davit. the anchor is hove up horizontally and placed on its See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed, where it is secured by chains passing over a See also:

• ROD (O.E. rodd, probably related to Norw. rudda, stick, rodda, stake)
• ROD, EDOUARD (1857-1910)

rod fitted with a See also:

• LEVER (through O. Fr. leveour, levere, mod. levier, from Lat. levare, to lift, raise)
• LEVER, CHARLES JAMES (1806-1872)

lever for " letting go." The cat davit is hinged at its See also:

• BASE

base, and can be laid See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat on the See also:

• DECK

deck for right ahead See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire or when at See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . Ground and catting chains have been superseded in some ships by a See also:

• WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire See also:

• PENDANT (through Fr. from Lat. pendere, to hang)

pendant and cat See also:

• HOOK, JAMES CLARKE (1819-1907)
• HOOK, THEODORE EDWARD (1788-1841)
• HOOK, WALTER FARQUHAR (1798-1875)

hook; the anchor is then hove close up to the hawse-See also:

• PIPE

pipe . To avoid cutting away a portion of the forecastle, in the " See also:

• CRESSY, HUGH PAULINUS DE (c. 1605-1674)

Cressy," " Terrible " and " Diadem " classes of the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• NAVY

navy, the anchors, secured by chains, are stowed a-See also:

• COCK, EDWARD (1805-1892)

cock-See also:

• BILL

bill, outside the ship, with their crowns resting on iron shoes secured to the ship's side and the flukes fore and aft .

A difficulty is experienced in stowing the anchors when the ship is pitching or See also:

• ROLLING

rolling heavily . Fig . 4 illustrates an anchor with cat davit or anchor See also:

• CRANE (in Dutch, Kraan; O. Ger. Kraen; cognate, as also the Lat. grus, and consequently the Fr. grue and Span. grulla, with the Gr. dpavos)
• CRANE, STEPHEN (1870-1900)
• CRANE, WALTER (1845– )
• CRANE, WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )

crane used in the P. and O . See also:

• COMPANY

Company's steamers (" See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India " class, 8000 tons); for sea the anchor is stowed on board by the anchor crane . Stockless anchors have been extensively used in the British See also:

• MERCANTILE (or COMMERCIAL) AGENCIES

mercantile marine and in some See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign navies . In 1903 they were adopted generally for the British navy, after extensive anchor trials, begun in 1885 . Their advantages are: handiness combined with a saving of See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time and labour; See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of davits, anchor-beds and other See also:

• GEAR (connected with " garb," properly elegance, fashion, especially of dress, and with " gar," to cause to do, only found in Scottish and northern dialects; the root of the word is seen in the Old Tent. garwjan, to make ready)

gear, with .a resulting reduction in weight; and a clear forecastle for " right ahead" See also:

• GUN

gun fire or for working ship . On the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand a larger hawse-pipe is required, and there appears to be a consensus of See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion that a stockless anchor Anchor . when " let go " does not hold so quickly as a stocked one, is'more uncertain in its See also:

• ACTION

action over uneven ground, and is more liable to " come See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home " (See also:

• DRAG (from the Old Eng. dragan, to draw; the word preserves the g which phonetically developed into w)

drag) . The stockless anchors principally in use in the British navy are See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall's improved, Byer's, and Wasteneys See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith's . In Hall's improved (fig . 5) the arms and crown of cast steel are in one piece, and the shank of forged steel passes up through an See also:

• APERTURE (from Lat. aperire, to open)

aperture in the crown to which it is secured by two See also:

• CROSS

cross bolts .

Two trunnions or lugs are forged to the See also:

• LOWER

lower end of the shank . In Byer's See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan (fig . 6) the flukes and crown consist of a steel-casting secured to a forged shank by a through bolt of mild steel, the See also:

• AXIS (Lat. for " axle ")

axis of which is parallel to the points of the flukes; one end of the bolt has a See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head, but the other is weighing . Wasteneys Smith's anchor (fig . 7) is composed of three See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main parts, the shank and crown which form one See also:

• FORGING

forging, and the two flukes or arms which are See also:

• SEPARATE

separate castings . A bolt passes through the crown of the anchor, connecting the flukes to it; to prevent the flukes working off the connecting through bolt, two smaller bolts pass through the flukes at right angles to the through bolt and are recessed See also:

• HALF

half their See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter into it . Fig . 8 represents the starboard See also:

• BOW (pronounced " bo ")

bow of H.M.S . " New See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand " (16,350 tons) with lower and sheet (spare) anchors stowed . To let go a stockless anchor (fig . 9) the cable or See also:

• CAPSTAN (also spelt in other forms, or as " capstock " and " cable stock," connected with the O. Fr. capestan or cabestan, from Lat. capistrum, a halter, capere, to take hold of; the conjecture that it came from the Span. cobra, goat, and estanto, standin

capstan holder C is unscrewed, and in practice it is found desirable to knock off the See also:

• BOTTLE (Fr. bouteille, from a diminutive of the Lat. butta, a flask; cf. Eng. " butt ")

bottle See also:

• SCREW (O.E. scrue, from O. Fr. escroue, mod. ecrou; ultimate origin uncertain; the word, or a similar one, appears in Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Schraube, Dan. skrue, but Skeat, following Diaz, finds the origin in Lat. scrobs, a ditch, hole, particularl

screw-slip A, allowing the weight of the anchor to be taken by the inner slip A' (See also:

• BLAKE, EDWARD (1833– )
• BLAKE, ROBERT (1599-1657)
• BLAKE, WILLIAM (1757-1827)

Blake's stopper) . Stern, stream and kedge anchors are usually stowed with See also:

• SPECIAL

special davits .

A portable anchor suitable for small yachts is the invention of Mr See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis See also:

• MOORE, A
• MOORE, ALBERT JOSEPH (1841–1893)
• MOORE, EDWARD (1712–1757)
• MOORE, GEORGE (1853– )
• MOORE, GEORGE FOOT (1851– )
• MOORE, HENRY (1831–1895)
• MOORE, JOHN (1729-1802)
• MOORE, SIR JOHN (1761-1809)
• MOORE, THOMAS (1779-1852)

Moore; the shank passes through the crown of the anchor like the handle of a pickaxe and the stock over the head of the shank . At the end of the stock are loose pawls . There are no keys or bolts, and the only fastening is for the cable . The anchor takes to pieces readily and stows snugly . In 1890 See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel Bucknill also invented a portable anchor for small yachts . Iron See also:

• BUOY

buoy-sinkers (fig. ro), as used by the London Trinity See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House See also:

• CORPORATION (from Lat. corporare, to form into a body, corpus, corporis)

Corporation, weigh from 8 to 40 cwt.; the specified weight is cast on them in large raised figures, and the cast and94.9 wrought irons used are of special quality, of which samples are previously submitted to the engineer-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief . The anchors supplied to ships of the British navy are required Bottle or screw-slip . B . Deck or See also:

• NAVEL (O. Eng. nafela, a word common to Teutonic languages; of. Ger. Nobel, Swed. nafvel; the Sanskrit is nabhila; the English root is also seen in " nave," the hub of a wheel)

navel pipes . Slip or Blake's stopper . F . Fairleads for wire hawsers .

Bitts . H . Hawse-pipes . Cable or Capstan-holders . S . Stopper-bolts . Centre See also:

• LINE

line capstan . R . Rollers . to withstand a certain tensile strain, expressed in tons, proportionate to their weights in cwts . New anchors are supplied by contractors, but See also:

• REPAIRS (from Lat. reparare, to make ready again)

repairs are made in H.M. See also:

• DOCKYARDS

dockyards, a See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record of its repairs being stamped on each anchor . In the Anchors and Cables See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1899 a See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list is given of authorized testing-establishments, with their distinctive marks and charges, and testing-houses for foreign-owned vessels are enumerated in Table 22 of See also:

• LLOYD, EDWARD (1845— )
• LLOYD, WILLIAM (1627–1717)
• LLOYD, WILLIAM WATKISS (1813–1893)

Lloyd's See also:

• REGISTER

Register of British and Foreign See also:

• SHIPPING

Shipping .

Cast-steel anchors, in addition to the statutory tests, are subjected to percussive, hammering and bending tests, and are stamped " annealed steel." (J . W .