2. To stop; to fix or rest.

My invention . . . anchors on Isabel.

Shak.

An"chor, n. [OE. anker, ancre, AS. ancra, fr. L. anachoreta. See Anchoret.] An anchoret. [Obs.] Shak.

An"chor*a*ble (&?;), a. Fit for anchorage.

An"chor*age (&?;), n. 1. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.

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