ANCHOR SHOT
Anchor shot. (Billiards)
Defn: A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space.
ANCHOR SPACE
Anchor space. (Billiards)
Defn: In the balk-line game, any of eight spaces, 7 inches by 3½, lying along a cushion and bisected transversely by a balk line. Object balls in an anchor space are treated as in balk.
ANCHOR WATCH
Anchor watch. (Naut.)
Defn: A detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck at night when a vessel is at anchor.
ANCHOVY
An*cho"vy, n. Etym: [Sp. anchoa, anchova, or Pg. anchova, prob. of
Iberian origin, and lit. a dried or pickled fish, fr. Bisc. antzua
dry: cf. D. anchovis, F. anchois.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species.
ANCHOVY PEAR
An*cho"vy pear`. (Bot.)
Defn: A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this fruit.