Definition of chain

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Chain (n.) A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc..

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Tew :: Tew (n.) A rope or chain for towing a boat; also, a cord; a string..
Bound :: Bound (p. p. & a.) Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like..
Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron..
Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
Lash :: Lash (n.) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten; as, to lash something to a spar; to lash a pack on a horse's back..
Mountain :: Mountain (n.) A range, chain, or group of such elevations; as, the White Mountains..
Rigging :: Rigging (n.) DRess; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. See Illustr. of Ship and Sails..
Gobline :: Gobline (n.) One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.
Soam :: Soam (n.) A chain by which a leading horse draws a plow.
Thurible :: Thurible (n.) A censer of metal, for burning incense, having various forms, held in the hand or suspended by chains; -- used especially at mass, vespers, and other solemn services..
Bond :: Bond (n.) That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle..
Moor :: Moor (v. t.) To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel was moored in the stream; they moored the boat to the wharf..
Gibbet :: Gibbet (n.) A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain asa warning..
Catena :: Catena (n.) A chain or series of things connected with each other.
Cablelaid :: Cablelaid (a.) Twisted after the manner of a cable; as, a cable-laid gold chain..
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a bond connection.
Appalachian :: Appalachian (a.) Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains..
Unchain :: Unchain (v. t.) To free from chains or slavery; to let loose.
Chainwork :: Chainwork (n.) Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.
Chain :: Chain (n.) A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc..
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