Word Meanings - HOGCHAIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A chain or tie rod, in a boat or barge, to prevent the vessel from hogging.

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• HOGGET
  1. A young boar of the second year. 2. A sheep or colt alter it has passed its first year.
• PREVENTATIVE
  That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
• HOGGER-PIPE; HOGGERPIPE
  The upper terminal pipe of a mining pump. Raymond.
• CHAINWORK
  Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.
• BARGEMAN
  The man who manages a barge, or one of the crew of a barge.
• 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
• PREVENTABLE
  Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases.
• PREVENTINGLY
  So as to prevent or hinder.
• BARGE
  found), prob. fr. L. baris an Egyptian rowboat, fr. Gr. , prob. fr. 1. A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated. 2. A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; as, a ship's barge; a charcoal
• HOGGER
  A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at work.
• PREVENT
  1. To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct. We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 1 Thess. iv. 15. We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow
• PREVENTABILITY
  The quality or state of being preventable.
• VESSELFUL
  As much as a vessel will hold; enough to fill a vessel.
• HOGGING
  Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction from sagging. Hogging frame. See Hogframe.
• HOGGERY
  Hoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed; beastliness. Crime and shame And all their hoggery. Mrs. Browning.
• HOGGEREL
  A sheep of the second year. Ash.
• BARGECOURSE
  A part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters, in buildings where there is a gable. Gwilt.
• HOGGED
  Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends. See Hog, v. i.
• PREVENTIONAL
  Tending to prevent.
• CHAIN WHEEL
  1. A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel. 2. An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water.
• 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.
• IMPREVENTABLE
  Not preventable; invitable.
• HOGCHAIN
  A chain or tie rod, in a boat or barge, to prevent the vessel from hogging.
• IMPREVENTABILITY
  The state or quality of being impreventable.
• BREQUET CHAIN
  A watch-guard.
• GUNTER'S CHAIN
  The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. See Chain, n., 4, and Gunter's scale.
• AIR VESSEL
  A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheæ, of plants spiral
• 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