Definition of chain

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Chain (v. t.) To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor..

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Enchainment :: Enchainment (n.) The act of enchaining, or state of being enchained..
Chain :: Chain (v. t.) To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor..
Tetrazone :: Tetrazone (n.) Any one of a certain series of basic compounds containing a chain of four nitrogen atoms; for example, ethyl tetrazone, (C2H5)2N.N2.N(C2H5)2, a colorless liquid having an odor of leeks..
Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars..
Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp..
Interlink :: Interlink (v. t.) To link together; to join, as one chain to another..
Chain Stitch :: Chain stitch () An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; -- used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery..
Doom :: Doom (v. t.) To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to chains or death..
Pomander :: Pomander (n.) A box to contain such perfume, formerly carried by ladies, as at the end of a chain; -- more properly pomander box..
Clutch :: Clutch (n.) Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle..
Keckle :: Keckle (v. t.) To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice..
Bound :: Bound (p. p. & a.) Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like..
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..
Studded :: Stud (n.) An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
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..
Chain :: Chain (n.) The warp threads of a web.
Reef :: Reef (n.) A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral..
Interchain :: Interchain (v. t.) To link together; to unite closely or firmly, as by a chain..
Alp :: Alp (n.) A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc..
Soam :: Soam (n.) A chain by which a leading horse draws a plow.
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