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An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, used to secure a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or...57 KB (7,902 words) - 19:45, 19 November 2024
horology, the anchor escapement is a type of escapement used in pendulum clocks. The escapement is a mechanism in a mechanical clock that maintains the swing...24 KB (3,009 words) - 04:35, 10 November 2024
anchor goes between the screw and the drywall, gripping the drywall much more effectively than a screw would. Some have toggle arms that either drop behind...2 KB (215 words) - 16:03, 21 March 2024- Anchor baby is a term (regarded by some as a pejorative) used to refer to a child born to non-citizen parents in a country that has birthright citizenship...38 KB (3,933 words) - 20:30, 21 November 2024
to carry either a stream anchor or a kedge into position so that the ship may be pulled out of harbour or away from a hazard. As well as dropping the...7 KB (936 words) - 12:45, 24 April 2024
the windlass room. An anchor windlass is a machine that restrains and manipulates the anchor chain on a boat, allowing the anchor to be raised and lowered...8 KB (1,096 words) - 00:57, 8 April 2024
Lester Holt (category Television anchors from Chicago)for over 30 years during the Tom Brokaw and Brian Williams eras, ratings dropped to second place after Holt began as anchor. Holt was born on March 8...32 KB (2,724 words) - 21:06, 21 November 2024- which dropped the Anchor Bay disc's fullscreen version and added anamorphic enhancement for 16:9 TVs for the widescreen version, upgraded the audio to 5.1...35 KB (4,317 words) - 11:58, 16 November 2024
A stockless anchor (or "patent anchor") is a streamlined derivation of the traditional Admiralty anchor used aboard large ships. Patented in England in...4 KB (452 words) - 21:19, 11 September 2024
its own Anchor Blue brand name of youth-oriented denim, graphic T-shirts and casual clothing. Sometimes the company was referred to as the Anchor Blue Inc...9 KB (866 words) - 15:54, 29 September 2024
often misspelled as "Anchor's away", leading to confusing the terms, and sometimes misunderstanding the order as meaning "to drop anchor".[citation needed]...12 KB (1,395 words) - 23:24, 24 September 2024- CBS Evening News (redirect from CBS evening news anchors)Evening News expanded to weekend evenings in February 1966, originally anchored by Roger Mudd. The Sunday edition of the program was dropped in September 1971...75 KB (8,148 words) - 06:21, 21 November 2024
can use a small boat to carry the anchor ahead, drop it, and then haul. For example, the sloop Adventure under the command of the infamous pirate Blackbeard...2 KB (202 words) - 21:09, 20 November 2024
Anasuya Bharadwaj (redirect from Anasuya (Anchor))worked as an anchor on Maa music. She worked as a dubbing artist for the films Vedam (2010) and Paisa (2014). Later on, she appeared as a TV anchor on Jabardasth...25 KB (1,115 words) - 14:49, 29 September 2024
Amoco Cadiz (redirect from The Amoco Cadiz)supertanker dropped one anchor, but the flukes broke off. At this point the supertanker was drifting at 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) toward the Portsall Rocks....11 KB (1,128 words) - 08:47, 9 November 2024- Acoustic release (section The release mechanism)firmly on the sea floor, the acoustic release device which can receive a remote commands from the control station to drop the anchor weight, the instrument...12 KB (1,402 words) - 22:03, 22 October 2022
- picks up the microphone and takes over to report the story, impressing the news station with her poise and confidence. Amber becomes co-anchor of the evening...24 KB (2,231 words) - 20:53, 13 November 2024
Amerigo Vespucci (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)7 August 1501, we dropped our anchor off the shores of that new land, thanking God with solemn prayers and the celebration of the Mass. Once there, we...45 KB (5,578 words) - 12:39, 22 October 2024
embedded anchors are anchors intended for offshore use that derive their holding capacity from the frictional, or bearing, resistance of the surrounding...23 KB (3,047 words) - 03:37, 28 April 2024
author. Regarded as the best-known Spanish-language news anchor in the United States of America, he has been referred to as "The Walter Cronkite of Latin...31 KB (3,070 words) - 07:01, 17 November 2024
- drop anchor (third-person singular simple present drops anchor, present participle dropping anchor, simple past and past participle dropped anchor) (nautical)
- Volume II Anchor by Thomas Morley 1837605Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition, Volume II — AnchorThomas Morley ANCHOR, in Navigation, from the Greek ἄγκυρα
- An Anchor for the Soul: Help for the Present, Hope for the Future by Dr. Ray Pritchard was initially published in 2001. Dr. Pritchard is president of
- Koopa-assisted leap off the platform to get the last four! If you can collect 30 coins, you'll receive an Anchor. Use the Anchor to prevent the airship from moving