Anchored
['æŋkɚ]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Anchor
(a.) Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue.
(a.) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; as, an anchored cross.
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Examples
- We anchored here at Yalta, Russia, two or three days ago. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We anchored in the open roadstead of Horta, half a mile from the shore. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- No date--Anchored off the picturesque city of Cagliari, Sardinia. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Thursday--Anchored off Algiers, Africa. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They appear as anchored in the new concrete docks at Colon, preparatory to their passage through the canal, after having made the longest sea voyage then on record for submarines. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I am anchored on a resolve you cannot shake. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- We anchored, and I started in to fish. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The ends of the chains or cables are securely anchored. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- When I reached the fleet I found the flag-ship was anchored out in the stream. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- To prove this experiment, he wrote, the Prefect Maritime and Admiral Villaret ordered a small Sloop of about 40 feet long to be anchored in the Road, on the 23rd of Thermidor. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In this practice one or more artificial teeth are firmly held in the place of missing teeth by a strong bridge-piece of metal, which at its ends is anchored to the adjacent natural teeth. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Oh, what Pagan emotions to expect from a Christian Englishwoman anchored firmly on her faith! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Thy resolution may fluctuate on the wild and changeful billows of human opinion, but mine is anchored on the Rock of Ages. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Having taken leave of my friends and exchanged promises with Miss Read, I quitted Philadelphia in the ship, which anchored at Newcastle. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Thursday--Anchored off the beautiful cathedral city of Malaga, Spain. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- On one occasion we got outside Sandy Hook on the banks and anchored. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- From this place they marched to Panama, and were soon comfortably on the steamer anchored in the bay, some three or four miles from the town. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At last we anchored in the open roadstead of Funchal, in the beautiful islands we call the Madeiras. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Finally, anchored off Gibraltar, which looks familiar and home-like. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- On deep five fathoms, and anchored fast to the bottom. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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