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a stockless anchor having a bowlike head, used chiefly for semipermanent moorings.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

First recorded in 1835–45

Removing choice is bullying and seems a horrid basis on which to anchor your relationship.
Public Marriage Proposals Must Die|Tauriq Moosa|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She added: “NBC News is proud to have David in the important anchor chair of ‘Meet the Press.’ ”
David Gregory's 'Meet the Press' Eviction Exposed in Washingtonian Takedown|Lloyd Grove|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Have a kid here –what some pejoratively refer to as an “anchor baby” – and it is tougher to be deported.
The Progressive Case Against Birthright Citizenship|Keli Goff|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“When immigrants hear ‘anchor babies,’ they hear ‘they hate us,’” says Sharry.
Get Ready to Start Hearing About ‘Executive Amnesty for Anchor Babies’|Eleanor Clift|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“Tom Brokaw would anchor for hours on end for breaking news events and things like that,” Roker says.
Al Roker, Sleepless in 30 Rock for #Rokerthon|Lloyd Grove|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At a quarter past seven he took his leave and we let drop our anchor where we were, off Cape Tekke.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
We embarked on the evening of the 28th of June, and weighed anchor before daybreak of the 29th.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
After you have repeated the Correlation, then repeat the two extremes, thus—“Anchor” … “Bolster.”
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
On the 2nd of July, we again attempted to weigh anchor, but with no better success than the day before.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
At eight o'clock the next morning we got underweigh; but the Dick in weighing her anchor found both flukes broken off.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King