G45Greekanchor
anchor
an "anchor" (as crooked)
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Detailed Definition
- 1an anchor
- 2metaphorically any stay or safeguard
Etymology & Derivation
from the same as g0043
Scholarly Notes
ancient anchors resembled modern ones in form: they were of iron, provided with a stock, and with two teeth-like extremities often but by no means without flukes.