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AN'CESTRAL, a. Relating or belonging to ancestors; claimed or descending from an...
AN'CESTRY, n. A series of ancestors, or progenitors; lineage, or those who compo...
AN'CHILOPS, n. [Gr. a goat and an eye.] The goat's eye; an abscess in the inner ...
AN'CHOR, n. [L. anchora; Gr.] 1. An iron instrument for holding a ship or other ...
AN'CHOR-GROUND, n. Ground suitable for anchoring.
AN'CHOR-HOLD, n. The hold or fastness of an anchor; security.
AN'CHOR-SMITH, n. The maker or forger of anchors, or one whose occupation is to ...
AN'CHORABLE, a. Fit for anchorage. [Not used.]
AN'CHORAGE, n. 1. Anchor-ground; a place where a ship can anchor, where the grou...
AN'CHORED, pp. Lying or riding at anchor; held by an anchor; moored; fixed in sa...
AN'CHORESS, n. A female anchoret.
AN'CHORET, or AN'CHORITE, n. [Gr. to retire and to go. Written by some authors, ...
AN'CHORING, ppr. Mooring; coming to anchor; casting anchor.
AN'CHORET, or AN'CHORITE, n. [Gr. to retire and to go. Written by some authors, ...
ANCHO'VY, AN'CHOVY, n. A small fish, about three inches in length, of the genus ...
ANCHO'VY-PEAR, n. A fruit of Jamaica, constituting the genus Grias. It is large,...