An"chored (#), a.

1.

Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue.

2. Her.

Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; as, an anchored cross.

[Sometimes spelt ancred.]

 

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