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Anchor Bolts: Bolts to secure a wooden sill plate to concrete , or masonry floor or wall.

Anchorite: An eremite or hermit in the medieval period who requests permission from the local pastor to be sealed up in a small cell attached to the side of the church, where the anchorite would live o . . . View Full Definition

Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale (BARS): An appraisal that requires raters to list important dimensions of a particular job and collect information regarding the critical behaviors that distinguish between successful and unsuccessf . . . View Full Definition

Terminal Anchor: In hydraulically burrowing organisms: any device used to anchor the leading portion of the burrower, permitting muscular contraction to drag the rest of the body into the sediment

Anchoring: Mechanical bonding of a coating to a rough surface as contrasted with adhesion, which is chemical bonding.

Penetration Anchor: In hydraulically burrowing organisms, any device used to penetrate and gain an initial purchase on the sediment so that the body can be thrust in farther

Anchorhold: In medieval times, an enclosure in the wall of a church where an anchorite or anchoress would be sealed up alive as a gesture of faith.

Anchor Man: The last bowler to roll for a team; usually the team's best bowler. Sometimes used in a derogatory fashion to mean a player that holds you down and prevents you from moving ahead. It origina . . . View Full Definition

Anchor: A word, phrase or graphic image, in hypertext, it is the object that is highlighted, underlined or 'clickable' which links to another site.

Anchor Text: The text that a user would click on to follow a link. In the case the link is an image the image alt attribute may act in the place of anchor text. Search engines assume that your page is au . . . View Full Definition