ANCHOR, ANCHORAGE
NOUNS
1596 — GROUND-HOLD the anchors of a vessel → obs.
1630 — KILLICK a wooden anchor weighted with a stone; a small or makeshift anchor → Amer. dial.
1646 — EARTHING anchorage → obs.
1791 — CATCH a small anchor, a kedge → obs.
1827 — MUD HOOK an anchor → US nautical usage
1996 — HUMDURGAN a large stone tied in the crotch of a tree to serve as a boat’s anchor → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1296 — ANCHORSMITH a person who makes or manufactures anchors for ships
VERBS
1649 — COME TO A KILLICK to come to anchor → US
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