Completely such, without qualification or exception, Considered or operating apart from anything else, Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular, adverb_ Almost perpendicularly, Completely; altogether, noun_ The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it, The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side, The rise from a horizontal plane of the longitudinal lines of a ship as seen in looking along its side, intransitive verb_ To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve, to turn or move aside to a distance; to move away, to approach obliquely, transitive verb_ obsolete To shear

Plural form of road, a partly sheltered anchorage

Nautical A heavy object attached to a vessel by a cable, rope, or chain and dropped into the water to keep the vessel in place either by its weight or by its flukes, which grip the bottom, A rigid point of support, as for securing a rope

a cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre, In early monachism, an aggregation of separate cells, under the control of a superior, the inmates meeting on the first and the last day of each week for a common meal in the refectory, and for common worship in the chapel, on other days dwelling apart from one another, every one in his cell, engaged in some light manual occupation, Roman Catholic Church A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior

A place of refuge or rest; a sanctuary, A harbor or anchorage; a port, a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo, verb_ To put into, or provide with a haven, transitive verb_ To shelter, as in a haven, To put into or provide with a haven

A sheltered part of a body of water deep enough to provide anchorage for ships, Specifically The covert of the hart or hind, A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter, verb_ maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings), eep in one's possession; of animals

A connected, flexible series of links, typically of metal, used especially for holding objects together, for restraining, or for transmitting mechanical power, Bonds, fetters, or shackles, a boat fitted up for recovering lost cables, anchors, etc,

A small domesticated carnivorous mammal (Felis catus), kept as a pet and as catcher of vermin, and existing in a variety of breeds, The fur of a domestic cat, A catfish, intransitive verb_ To hoist an anchor to (the cathead), To look for sexual partners; have an affair or affairs