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▪ I. anchorage1|ˈæŋkərɪdʒ|
Also 6 ankarage, 7 -erage, -orage, anchrage.
[f. prec. + -age, cf. Fr. ancrage.]
1. The action or process of anchoring; the condition of lying at anchor.
1611Cotgr., Anchraige, ankorage, ankoring. 1634W. Wood New Eng. Prosp. i. i, There is roome for the Anchorage of 500 Ships. 1687Lond. Gaz. mmcclxxxii/6 A Duty imposed upon Anchrage. 1855Bright Sp. 7 June 257 The position and duration of the anchorages of ships between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
2. Conditions admitting of anchoring; esp. a place for anchoring; anchorage-ground.
1706Phillips, Anchorage or Anchoring, ground fit to hold the Ship's Anchor, so that she may ride it out safely. 1744Anson Voy. ii. iv. (ed. 4) 218 Where a ship might come to an anchor..though the anchorage is inconvenient. 1779T. Forrest Voy. N. Guinea 311 Many bays..affording good anchorage. 1835Sir J. Ross N.-W. Pass. ix. 127 The floe which had been our anchorage. 1878Markham Gt. Frozen Sea iii. 39 The scenery as we approached the anchorage was truly magnificent.
3. a. transf. A position affording support, a hold.
1860Tyndall Glac. i. §11. 70, I crossed the fissure, obtained the anchorage at the other side, and helped the others over. 1883W. Conant in Harper's Mag. 930/1 The anchorages are solid cubical structures of stone masonry.
b. spec. in Dentistry.
1912Catal. Dental Manuf. Co. Ltd. G. 71 Sufficient anchorage must be made to withstand the force of mastication, and to provide for firm retention of the inlay within the cavity. 1917Recalled to Life Sept. p. xx, They have platinum anchorages baked in the teeth and large, strong pins soldered to the anchorages after baking of the porcelain is complete.
4. fig. A point of support or rest for the mind or feelings; something on which to depend or repose.
1677A. Yarranton Eng. Improv. 21 Suppose all the houses in Lombard-street to be put into a Register..let them be the Credit, Anchorage, Fund and Foundation to build your Bank upon. 1746Hervey Medit. & Cont. (1818) 80 Here they enjoy safe anchorage; are in no danger of foundering amidst the waves of prevailing iniquity. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 151 The Church anchorage no longer tenable in the change of wind, and the new anchorage in the Bible as yet partially discovered and imperfectly sounded.
5. A toll or charge for anchoring; anchorage-dues.
1516Churchw. Acc. St. Marg. Westm. (1797) 8 For 24 ton of barnestone with the pylage, ankarage, stallage..{pstlg}11. 1661Marvell Corr. 29 Wks. 1872 II. 68 Mr. Porter..hath giuen order to stop the Primage, loadage, &c.: and will the anchorage as soon as he has seen your charter. 1755N. Magens Insurances II. 210 Extraordinary Pilotage and Anchorage..shall appertain to common Average.
6. ‘The set of anchors belonging to a ship.’ Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 1867.
1588Shakes. Tit. A. i. i. 73 The Barke..Returnes with precious lading to the Bay, From whence at first she weigh'd her Anchorage.
7. Comb. anchorage-ground = anchorage 2, 4.
1824W. Irving T. Trav. I. 272, I had no longer an anchorage-ground for my heart.
▪ II. anchorage2|ˈæŋkərɪdʒ|
Also 6 anchoridge, 9 ankrage.
[f. anchor n.2 + -age. Cf. hermitage, parsonage.]
The cell or retreat of an anchorite.
1593Mon. & Rites Ch. Durh. (1842) 15 At the east end..of the Quire..was the goodlyest faire porch which was called the anchoridge. 1598Stow Surv. (ed. Strype 1754) I. iii. xii. 712/1 Build her a Recluse or Anchorage. 1852Rock Ch. of Fathers III. 115 His ankrage or house, in which he [the ankret] was solemnly shut up. 1872E. L. Cutts Scenes Mid. Ages 128 There was also an anchorage in St. Ethelred's churchyard..and an anchor continually dwelt there till the Reformation. |