Held by an anchor.

Shaped like an anchor; fluked; forked.

In heraldry, an epithet applied to a cross whose extremities are turned back like the flukes of an anchor. Equivalent forms are ancrée, ancred, anchry.

In billiards, said of two object-balls which, with the cue-ball near, straddle a short line close to the cushion, because a player can hold them long in that position by playing alternately from side to side. This is possible only in games of balk-line billiards, and since 1893 has been barred among the best players.

adjective. Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; ; also, shaped like an anchor; forked.

adjective. Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor.

verb. Simple past tense and past participle of anchor.

adjective. Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor.

"The couple's willingness to pay 8,050 rixdollars for the farm, over four times Johannes's likely share of his parents 'estate, suggests they wanted very much to remain anchored in the Olifants River valley."

tankard  

aground  caught  chained  fast  fastened  

ancred  

anchor