different between catlap vs anchorage

English

Etymology

cat +? lap

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæt.læp/

Noun

catlap (uncountable)

1. (slang, derogatory) A watery or thin drink (especially tea or milk); a non-alcoholic drink.
   • 1864, Charles Reade, Very Hard Cash, Chapter XIV, p. 75,^[2]

     " […] You mustn't gobble, nor drink your beer too fast." ¶ "You are wrong, doctor; I never drink no beer: it costs." ¶ "Your catlap, then. […] "

   • 1907, George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara, Act II,^[3]

     I suppose you think I come here to beg from you, like this damaged lot here. Not me. I don't want your bread and scrape and catlap.

   • 2015, Markman Ellis, Richard Coulton and Matthew Mauger, Empire of Tea: The Asian Leaf that Conquered the World, London: Reaktion Books,^[5]

     Identifying tea as 'catlap' had a prevailing satirical currency in the mid-1780s.

Anagrams

• lap cat, lapcat

English

Etymology

anchor +? -age

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ?k???d?/

Noun

anchorage (countable and uncountable, plural anchorages)

1. (nautical) A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge..
2. (nautical) A fee charged for anchoring.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)

3. That into which something is anchored or fastened.

   the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge

4. (medicine) The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
5. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
   • 1866, Augusta Webster (transl.), The Prometheus Bound of Æschylus, page 66, lines 1001–1002

     And yet 'twas by such braggart vaunts as these
     Thou broughtst thee to this woeful anchorage.

6. The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
7. The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
8. (figuratively) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.

Coordinate terms

• (fee for anchoring): cranage, demurrage, shippage, shorage, tonnage, wharfage

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