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Fasten :: Fasten (a.) To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window..

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..

Necklace :: Necklace (n.) A string of beads, etc., or any continuous band or chain, worn around the neck as an ornament..

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..

Catenulate :: Catenulate (a.) Consisting of little links or chains.

Aleutic :: Aleutic (a.) Of or pertaining to a chain of islands between Alaska and Kamtchatka; also, designating these islands..

Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts..

Unfetter :: Unfetter (v. t.) To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind..

Disenchained :: Disenchained (a.) Freed from restraint; unrestrained.

Captive :: Captive (a.) Of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to confine; as, captive chains; captive hours..

Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain..

Catenarian :: Catenarian (a.) Relating to a chain; like a chain; as, a catenary curve..

Fusee :: Fusee (n.) The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel which contains the spring wind in a spiral groove on the surface of the cone in such a manner that the diameter of the cone at the point where the chain acts may correspond with the degree of tension of the spring..

Boom :: Boom (n.) A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage..

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

Enlink :: Enlink (v. t.) To chain together; to connect, as by links..

Enchain :: Enchain (v. t.) To link together; to connect.

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..

Bind :: Bind (v. t.) To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner..

Chain Wheel :: Chain wheel () A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel..

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