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anchored, ppl. a.|ˈæŋkəd|
[f. anchor + -ed.]
1. a. With the anchor let down to the ground; b. Held fast, secured by the anchor; c. Firmly fixed, fixed so as to obtain support, or be at rest.
1611Cotgr., Ancré, ankored, having cast ankor, at an ankor. a1687Waller (L.) Like a well-twisted cable, holding fast The anchor'd vessel. a1725Pope Odyss. iv. 485 There, anchor'd vessels safe in harbour lie. 1837Whewell Hist. Induct. Sc. (1857) II. 248 Each ear of grain is anchored by its stalk. 1878Seeley Stein II. 30 Stein wore the look of one anchored and secure.
2. Furnished with anchors; by extension, esp. in Her., Furnished with anchor-like appendages, having two spreading points.
1611Cotgr., Ancré, ankored..made or fashioned like an ankor. 1642H. More Song of Soul ii. i. ii. xxix, With scornfull hisse, shooting her anchor'd tongue. 1661S. Morgan Sph. Gentry ii. i. 13 Anckred is that form of cross whose points are made sharp like unto an ancker. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict., Ankred..so they call one of their Crosses in a Coat of Arms. |