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81anchor (to) — /ANCHOR TENANT The largest, best known tenant in a shopping mall; to hold in place. ► “A recent modernization and lobby make over were instrumental in attracting an anchor tenant, the Topps Company, an entertainment and sweets company.”… …
82anchor — ► NOUN ▪ a heavy object used to moor a ship to the sea bottom, typically having a metal shank with a pair of curved, barbed flukes. ► VERB 1) moor with an anchor. 2) secure firmly in position. ORIGIN Greek ankura …
83Anchor Boys — plural noun The most junior section of the Boys Brigade • • • Main Entry: ↑anchor …
84anchor leg — noun The last stage of a relay race • • • Main Entry: ↑anchor …
85anchor string — noun (mining) A length of casing run into the top of wells and often cemented in to prevent a blow out • • • Main Entry: ↑anchor …
86anchor knot — anchor knot, a knot used especially for attaching a cable to the ring of an anchor …
87Anchor — An chor, n. [OE. anker, ancre, AS. ancra, fr. L. anachoreta. See {Anchoret}.] An anchoret. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …
88Anchor escapement — An chor es*cape ment (Horol.) (a) The common recoil escapement. (b) A variety of the lever escapement with a wide impulse pin. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
89anchor loci — anchor loci. См. якорные локусы. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …
90Anchor-Line — (spr. ängker laīn), englische Dampfergesellschaft, s. Dampfschiffahrt (Textbeilage) …