Hypertext Webster Gateway: "anchoring"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anchor \An"chor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Anchored}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Anchoring}.] [Cf. F. ancrer.]
1. To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor
a ship.
2. To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to
anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.
Till that my nails were anchored in thine eyes.
--Shak.
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