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Word Meanings - CHAIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land. Note: One commonly in use is Gunter's chain, which consists of one hundred links, each link being seven inches and ninety-two one hundredths in length; making up the total length

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An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land. Note: One commonly in use is Gunter's chain, which consists of one hundred links, each link being seven inches and ninety-two one hundredths in length; making up the total length of rods, or sixty- six, feet; hence, a measure of that length; hence, also, a unit for land measure equal to four rods square, or one tenth of an acre. 5. pl. (more info) 1. 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. put a chain of gold about his neck. Dan. v. 29. 2. That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit. Driven down To chains of darkness and the undying worm. Milton. 3. A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas.

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  • ASSOCIATION
    1. The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things. "Some . . . bond of association." Hooker. Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God. Boyle. 2. Mental connection, or that which is
  • ASSOCIATIONIST
    One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas; e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill.
  • CHAINWORK
    Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.
  • COMPACT
    1. Joined or held together; leagued; confederated. "Compact with her that's gone." Shak. A pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together. Peacham. 2. Composed or made; -- with of. A wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapor. Milton. 3. Closely
  • COMPACTIBLE
    That may be compacted.
  • FASTENER
    One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.
  • CHAIN PUMP
    A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the
  • FETTERLESS
    Free from fetters. Marston.
  • OBSTRUCTIONIST
    One who hinders progress; one who obstructs business, as in a legislative body. -- a.
  • COMPACTEDLY
    In a compact manner.
  • SECURITY
    1. The condition or quality of being secure; secureness. Specifically: Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care; confidence of power of safety; hence, assurance; certainty. His trembling hand had lost the ease, Which marks security to please.
  • ASSOCIATIONISM
    The doctrine or theory held by associationists.
  • MANACLE
    A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural. Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand. Ecclus. xxi. 19. (more info) manacle, L. manicula a little hand, dim. of manus hand; cf.
  • COMPACTNESS
    The state or quality of being compact; close union of parts; density.
  • COMPACTION
    The act of making compact, or the state of being compact. Bacon.
  • COMPACTER
    One who makes a compact.
  • ASSOCIATIONAL
    1. Of or pertaining to association, or to an association. 2. Pertaining to the theory held by the associationists.
  • OBSTRUCTION
    1. The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed. 2. That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance. A popular assembly free from obstruction. Swift. 3. The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their
  • COMPACTEDNESS
    A state of being compact.
  • OBLIGATION
    A bond with a condition annexed, and a penalty for nonfulfillment. In a larger sense, it is an acknowledgment of a duty to pay a certain sum or do a certain things. Days of obligation. See under Day. (more info) 1. The act of obligating. 2. That
  • TOP-CHAIN
    A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shot away.
  • SHEET CHAIN
    A chain sheet cable.
  • HOGCHAIN
    A chain or tie rod, in a boat or barge, to prevent the vessel from hogging.
  • BREQUET CHAIN
    A watch-guard.
  • UNFASTEN
    To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie.
  • GUNTER'S CHAIN
    The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. See Chain, n., 4, and Gunter's scale.
  • COPPER-FASTENED
    Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship.
  • SIDE-CHAIN THEORY
    A theory proposed by Ehrlich as a chemical explanation of immunity phenomena. In brief outline it is as follows: Animal cells and bacteria are complex aggregations of molecules, which are themselves complex. Complex molecules react with one another

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