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N NAVAL to NO NEARER! NO MANS LAND to NUTS of the anchor NO MANS LAND NORMAN NUTS of the anchor Search Contact us
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NUTS of the anchorNUTS of the anchor, two little prominencies, appearing like short square bars of iron, fixed across the upper part of the anchor-shank, to secure the stock thereof in its place; for which purpose there is a corrresponding notch, or channel, cut in the opposite parts of the stock, of the same dimensions with the nuts. See the article ANCHOR.
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