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	Spade Anchor -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A permanent anchor is often called a mooring, and is rarely moved; it's quite possible the vessel cannot hoist it aboard but must hire a service to move or maintain it.
		It may seem logical to think wind and currents are the largest forces an anchor must overcome, but actually the vertical movement of waves develop the largest loads, and modern anchors are designed to use a combination of technique and shape to resist all these forces.
		The kind of anchor you probably envision is a temporary anchor; the kind which might be carried aboard a ship or a boat.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/136/spade-anchor.html (1057 words)

	Anchor -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A permanent anchor is often called a ((nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place) mooring, and is rarely moved; it's quite possible the vessel cannot hoist it aboard but must hire a service to move or maintain it.
		The kind of anchor you probably envision is a temporary anchor; the kind which might be carried aboard a (A vessel that carries passengers or freight) ship or a (A small vessel for travel on water) boat.
		The earliest anchors were probably rocks and many rock anchors have been found dating from at least the ((archeology) a period between the Stone and Iron ages, characterized by the manufacture and use of bronze tools and weapons) Bronze_age.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/an/anchor.htm (3434 words)

	Anchor Summary
		An interesting element of anchor jargon is the term aweigh, which describes the anchor when it is hanging on the rope, not on the bottom; this is linked to the term to weigh anchor, meaning to lift the anchor from the sea bed, allowing the ship or boat to move.
		A simple anchor using a pair of wood arms under a rock mass is a primitive anchor which is still in use today.
		A swivel is attached to the middle of the anchor cable, and the vessel connected to that.
	www.bookrags.com /Anchor (5713 words)

	anchor \| English \| Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
		An anchor is a heavy object, often made out of metal, that is used to attach a ship to the bottom of a body of water at a specific point.
		A permanent anchor is often called a mooring, and is rarely moved; it is quite possible the vessel cannot hoist it aboard but must hire a service to move or maintain it.
		A temporary anchor is usually carried by the vessel, and hoisted aboard whenever the vessel is under way; it is what most non-sailors mean when they refer to an anchor.
	www.babylon.com /definition/anchor (359 words)

	Anchor Winch
		A permanent anchor is often called a mooring, and is rarely moved; it's quite possible the vessel cannot hoist it aboard but must hire a service tomove or maintain it.
		A temporary anchor is usually carried by the vessel, and hoisted aboard whenever the vessel is underway.
		It may seem logical to think wind andcurrents are the largest forces an anchor must overcome, but actually the vertical movement of waves develop the largest loads, and modern anchors are designed to use a combination of techniqueand shape to resist all these forces.
	www.altvetmed.com /face/39280-anchor-winch.html (548 words)

	anchor - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Anchor : Butterfly Glossary (networking terminology) [home, info]
		Phrases that include anchor: anchor light, weigh anchor, anchor ice, mushroom anchor, anchor ring, more...
		Words similar to anchor: anchored, anchoring, anchorless, anchorman, anchorperson, backbone, ground, kedge, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay, cast anchor, drop anchor, ground tackle, moor, secure, more...
	www.onelook.com /cgi-bin/cgiwrap/bware/dofind.cgi?word=anchor (404 words)

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