
(1) The haplotype of the recombinant X chromosome of each of 241 backcross progeny has been established using the X-linked anchor loci Otc, Hprt, Dmd, Pgk-1, and Amg and the additional probes DXSmh43 and Cbx-rs1. i.) To cast anchor to come to anchor as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream. t.) To fix or fasten to fix in a stable condition as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge. t.) To place at anchor to secure by an anchor as, to anchor a ship. (n.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
(n.) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead - a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. (n.) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together. (n.) Fig.: That which gives stability or security that on which we place dependence for safety. (n.) Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place. (n.) A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station.