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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Trend \Trend\, n.
Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general
direction; as, the trend of a coast.
[1913 Webster]
{Trend of an anchor}. (Naut.)
(a) The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same
distance on the shank from the throat that the arm
measures from the throat to the bill. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
(b) The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the
direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at
anchor.
[1913 Webster]