floating anchor
31Anchor buoy — Buoy Buoy (bwoi or boi; 277), n. [D. boei buoy, fetter, fr. OF. boie, buie, chain, fetter, F. bou[ e]e a buoy, from L. boia. Boiae genus vinculorum tam ferreae quam ligneae. Festus. So called because chained to its place.] (Naut.) A float; esp. a …
32Floating rib — One of the last two ribs. A rib is said to be floating if it does not attach to the sternum (the breast bone) or to another rib. There are usually 12 pairs of ribs in all. Each pair of ribs is attached to the building blocks of the spine (the… …
33anchor buoy — /ˈæŋkə bɔɪ/ (say angkuh boy) noun a small buoy made fast to an anchor and floating above it, to indicate its position …
34drag anchor — Drag Drag, n. [See {Drag}, v. t., and cf. {Dray} a cart, and 1st {Dredge}.] 1. The act of dragging; anything which is dragged. [1913 Webster] 2. A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for… …
35sea anchor — Drag Drag, n. [See {Drag}, v. t., and cf. {Dray} a cart, and 1st {Dredge}.] 1. The act of dragging; anything which is dragged. [1913 Webster] 2. A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for… …
36sea anchor — /ˈsi æŋkə/ (say see angkuh) noun a floating anchor used at sea to prevent a ship from drifting or to keep its head to the wind, commonly consisting of a framed cone of canvas dragged along with its large open base towards the ship …
37Ice anchor — Ice Ice ([imac]s), n. [OE. is, iis, AS. [=i]s; aksin to D. ijs, G. eis, OHG. [=i]s, Icel. [=i]ss, Sw. is, Dan. iis, and perh. to E. iron.] 1. Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or… …
38Sky anchor — A sky anchor is a system of two balloons in tandem, with a zero pressure lifting gas balloon tethered to a superpressure balloon anchor . The gas balloon is filled with a lifting gas and provides the buoyancy, while the superpressure balloon is… …
39at anchor — {adj. phr.} Held by an anchor from floating away; anchored. * /The ship rode at anchor in the harbor./ …
40at anchor — {adj. phr.} Held by an anchor from floating away; anchored. * /The ship rode at anchor in the harbor./ …
