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▪ I. anchoring, vbl. n.|ˈæŋkərɪŋ|
[f. anchor v. + -ing1.]
1. The action or condition of lying at anchor, or the means of doing so; anchorage.
1593–1622R. Hawkins Voy. S. Sea (1847) 178 Under which is good anchoring, cleane ground. 1690Lond. Gaz. mmdix/3 A very violent Storm of Wind..forced the Frigat from her Anchoring. 1724De Foe, etc. Tour Gt. Brit. (1769) III. 215 Good Anchoring in six or eight Fathom of Water.
2. transf. The action or method of fixing securely.
1767Ellis Actinia in Phil. Trans. LVII. 432 Like the anchoring of muscles [i.e. mussels], by their fine silken filaments, that end in suckers. 1883W. Conant in Harper's Mag. 930/1 The mode of anchoring the cables [of a suspension-bridge] will be described.
3. Comb. anchoring-ground, -place, ground, or a position, used or suited for anchoring; anchoring-room, space for anchoring; anchoring-stone, a stone used instead of an anchor.
1740Woodroofe in Hanway Trav. (1762) I. iv. lix. 273 On the south side there is good anchoring-ground. 1667Phil. Trans. II. 497 In the ankoring places it [the Sea] was Blue. 1796Nelson in Nicolas Disp. II. 309 Not one anchoring place from Genoa to Ventimiglia was accessible. 1865Morn. Star 1 Feb., The anchoring room being too contracted. 1846Grote Greece I. i. xiii. 329 The Argonauts had left their anchoring-stone on the coast of Bebrycia.
▪ II. ˈanchoring, ppl. a.
[f. anchor v. + -ing2.]
a. Coming to anchor; lying at anchor.
b. Holding firm like an anchor.
1605Shakes. Lear iv. vi. 18 Yond tall Anchoring Barke. 1879Wild Life in S.C. 29 The wrench at its anchoring roots. |