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Gang :: Gang (v. i.) A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves..

Torque :: Torque (n.) A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons..

Pomander :: Pomander (n.) A box to contain such perfume, formerly carried by ladies, as at the end of a chain; -- more properly pomander box..

Interchaining :: Interchaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interchai.

Hogchain :: Hogchain (n.) A chain or tie rod, in a boat or barge, to prevent the vessel from hogging..

Chained :: Chained (imp. p. p.) of Chai.

Chain :: Chain (v. t.) To keep in slavery; to enslave.

Streptoneura :: Streptococcus (n.) A long or short chain of micrococci, more or less curved..

Tether :: Tether (v. t.) To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for feeding within certain limits..

Consequence :: Consequence (n.) Chain of causes and effects; consecution.

Gorget :: Gorget (n.) A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the double breastplate of the 14th century..

Diamond :: Diamond (a.) Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field..

Halysites :: Halysites (n.) A genus of Silurian fossil corals; the chain corals. See Chain coral, under Chain..

Chainlet :: Chainlet (n.) A small chain.

Shackle :: Shackle (n.) Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter..

Drum :: Drum (n.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or chain is wound..

Interchained :: Interchained (imp. & p. p.) of Interchai.

Froth :: Froth (v. t.) To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain..

Versant :: Versant (n.) The slope of a side of a mountain chain; hence, the general slope of a country; aspect..

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..

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