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anchorhold
noun 3
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3ADJ.
all, close, good, over
VERB + ANCHORHOLD
drive
PREP.
from
Definitions
noun
1
The residence of an anchorite or anchoress.
Every anchorhold was built close to a church, so as to allow its occupant the privilege of seeing the performance of mass, and of receiving the consecrated wafer, […]
2
The hold or grip of an anchor, or something to which it holds.
The Port is very commodious, being one of the largeſt in all theſe Seas , and there is very good Anchorhold all over the Bay
[…] a great tempest arose, which caused many of our ships to drive from their anchorhold, […]
3
Firm hold; security.
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Every anchorhold was built close to a church, so as to allow its occupant the privilege of seeing the performance of mass, and of receiving the consecrated wafer, […]
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The Port is very commodious, being one of the largeſt in all theſe Seas , and there is very good Anchorhold all over the Bay
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[…] a great tempest arose, which caused many of our ships to drive from their anchorhold, […]
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