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stock of an anchor

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  1. stock of an anchor

    A cross-beam of wood, or bar of iron, secured to the upper end of the shank at right angles with the flukes; by its means the anchor is canted with one fluke down, and made to hook the ground.--Stock of a gun, musket, or pistol, is the wooden part to which the barrel is fitted, for the convenience of handling and firing it. Stock is also applied to stores laid in for a voyage, as sea-stock, live-stock, &c.--To stock to, in stowing an anchor, is, by means of a tackle upon the upper end of the stock, to bowse it into a perpendicular direction, which tackle is hence denominated the stock-tackle.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stock of an anchor in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stock of an anchor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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