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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.

Anchor watch

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

Definition:
The lookout maintained while a vessel is at anchor.
Anchor Watch

Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

Definition:
A watch, consisting of a small number of men, (from one to four,) kept constantly on deck while the vessel is riding at single anchor, to see that the stoppers, painters, cables, and buoy-ropes are ready for immediate use. The Lady Franklin, 2 Lowell, 220, Fed. Cas. No. 7,984.