These are the meanings of the letters BAROHNC when you unscramble them.
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Anchor (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.
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Anchor (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.
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Anchor (n.)
Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.
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Anchor (n.)
An emblem of hope.
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Anchor (n.)
A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
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Anchor (n.)
Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
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Anchor (n.)
One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
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Anchor (v. t.)
To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.
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Anchor (v. t.)
To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.
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Anchor (v. i.)
To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
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Anchor (v. i.)
To stop; to fix or rest.
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Anchor (n.)
An anchoret.
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Archon (n.)
One of the chief magistrates in ancient Athens, especially, by preeminence, the first of the nine chief magistrates.
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Branch (n.)
A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.
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Branch (n.)
Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway.
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Branch (n.)
Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department.
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Branch (n.)
One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.
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Branch (n.)
A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family.
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Branch (n.)
A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.
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Branch (a.)
Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store.
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Branch (v. i.)
To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.
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Branch (v. i.)
To divide into separate parts or subdivision.
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Branch (v. t.)
To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.
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Branch (v. t.)
To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs.
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Broach (n.)
A spit.
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Broach (n.)
An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
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Broach (n.)
A tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing or enlarging holes in metal; sometimes made smooth or without edges, as for burnishing pivot holes in watches; a reamer. The broach for gun barrels is commonly square and without taper.
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Broach (n.)
A straight tool with file teeth, made of steel, to be pressed through irregular holes in metal that cannot be dressed by revolving tools; a drift.
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Broach (n.)
A broad chisel for stonecutting.
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Broach (n.)
A spire rising from a tower.
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Broach (n.)
A clasp for fastening a garment. See Brooch.
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Broach (n.)
A spitlike start, on the head of a young stag.
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Broach (n.)
The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
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Broach (n.)
The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
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Broach (n.)
To spit; to pierce as with a spit.
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Broach (n.)
To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood.
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Broach (n.)
To open for the first time, as stores.
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Broach (n.)
To make public; to utter; to publish first; to put forth; to introduce as a topic of conversation.
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Broach (n.)
To cause to begin or break out.
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Broach (n.)
To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool.
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Broach (n.)
To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach.
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Carbon (n.)
An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification is graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal prisms or tables. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide, commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, according to the proportions of the oxygen; when united with hydrogen, it forms various compounds called hydrocarbons. Compare Diamond, and Graphite.
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Corban (n.)
An offering of any kind, devoted to God and therefore not to be appropriated to any other use; esp., an offering in fulfillment of a vow.
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Corban (n.)
An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.
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Rancho (n.)
A rude hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm laborers may live or lodge at night.
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Rancho (n.)
A large grazing farm where horses and cattle are raised; -- distinguished from hacienda, a cultivated farm or plantation.