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Chain
·noun The warp threads of a web.
II. Chain ·vt To measure with the chain.
III. Chain ·vt To unite ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Chain
1) A part of the insignia of office. A chain of gold was placed about Joseph's neck (Gen. 41:42); an...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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chain
When mountains, hills, lakes, and islands are linked together, or follow each other in succession, s...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Chain
Chains were used,
• As badges of office;
• For ornament;
• For confining prisoners.
• the gold c...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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pauls
, or pawls.
A stout but short set of bars of iron fixed close to the capstan-whelps, or windlass o...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Block chain
·add. ·- A chain in which the alternate links are broad blocks connected by thin side links pivoted ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Brequet chain
·- A watch-guard.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Chain pump
·- A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dip...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Chain stitch
·- An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain;
— used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery.
I...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Chain tie
·add. ·- A tie consisting of a series of connected iron bars or rods.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Chain wheel
·- A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel.
II. Chain wheel ·- An inversion of the chain pump, by which i...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Crotch chain
·add. ·- A form of tackle for loading a log sideways on a sled, skidway, ·etc.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Gunter's chain
·- The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. ·see <<Chain>>, ·noun, 4, and Gunter's scale.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Safety chain
·add. ·- A normally slack chain for preventing excessive movement between a truck and a car body in ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sheet chain
·- A chain sheet cable.
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Top-chain
·noun A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the rope...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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golden-chain
n.
another name for the Laburnum (q.v.).
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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chain-bolt
A large bolt to secure the chains of the dead-eyes through the toe-link, for the purpose of securing...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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chain-cables
Are not new; Cæsar found them on the shores of the British Channel. In 1818 I saw upwards of eighty ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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chain-hook
An iron rod with a handling-eye at one end, and a hook at the other, for hauling the chain-cables ab...
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chain-pipe
An aperture through which a chain-cable passes from the chain-well to the deck above.
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chain-plates
Plates of iron with their lower ends bolted to the ship's sides under the channels, and to these pla...
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chain-pump
This is composed of two long metal tubes let down through the decks somewhat apart from each other, ...
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chain-shot
Two balls connected either by a bar or chain, for cutting and destroying the spars and rigging of an...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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chain-slings
Chains attached to the sling-hoop and mast-head, by which a lower yard is hung. Used for boat or any...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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chain-stopper
There are various kinds of stoppers for chain-cables, mostly acting by clamping or compression.
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chain, top
A chain to sling the lower yards in time of battle, to prevent them from falling down when the ropes...
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chain-well
, or locker
A receptacle below deck for containing the chain-cable, which is passed thither throug...
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top-chain
A chain to sling the yards in time of battle, in case of the ropes by which they are hung being shot...
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(St.) Paul's Bakehouse
On the west side of Paul's Chain, north of Doctors' Commons, opposite the Brewhouse (S. 370).
First...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Brewery
Opposite the Bakehouse, north of Doctors' Commons (S. 370).
First mention: 1349 (Ct. H.W. I. 578).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Cathedral
In St. Paul's Churchyard, in Castle Baynard Ward.
Stow says it was first founded by Ethelbert king ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Chapter
" Servientes Capituli" mentioned in 31 Ed. I. (Lib. Cust. I. 230).
Detailed information will be fou...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Churchyard
A street extending west from Cheapside and Cannon Street to Ludgate Hill on the north south, west an...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Close
The close of St. Paul's situate near the Dean's mansion, 1361 (Ct. H.W. II. 25).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's College
South out of St. Paul's Churchyard, at the western end. In Castle Baynard Ward (Strype, Ed. 1720 and...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Cross
At the north-east end of the Cathedral (O.S. 1880).
"About the middest of the Churchyard is a pulpi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Deanery
See The Deanery of St. Paul's.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Gate
Identical with St. Augustine's Gate (q.v.).
First mention: " S. Paul's Gate," 1369 (Ct. H.W. II. 13...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Prebends
The property belonging to the Chapter set apart for the maintenance of the Prebendaries. A considera...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Sacrista
" Sacrista Sancti Pauli. " Mentioned 31 Ed. I. (Lib. Cust. I. 230)
The Sacrist held office under th...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's School
Formerly on the eastern side of St. Paul's Churchyard, west of Old Change, in Farringdon Ward Within...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Stump
At the south-east corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, marking one of the boundaries of the parish of St...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Walk
The middle aisle of Old St. Paul's was vulgarly so called when desecrated by being used as a meeting...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Paul's Alley
1) South out of Paternoster Row, at No.50, to St. Paul's Churchyard (P.O. Directory). In Castle Bayn...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Paul's Backhouse
See St. Paul's Bakehouse.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Paul's Court
1) In Fenchurch Street (W. Stow, 1722). Paul's Alley" (Strype, Ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Paul's Head
A hostel so called near " Poulescheyae" in parish of St. Gregory, in Castle Baynard Ward (Strype, Ed...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Paul's Stairs
At the southern end of Paul's Wharf, in Castle Baynard Ward (O.S. 1880).
First mention: "A common s...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Paul's Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street, at No.23, to the Thames (P.O. Directory).
First mention: " St. Pa...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Side-chain theory
·add. ·- A theory proposed by Ehrlich as a chemical explanation of immunity phenomena. In brief outl...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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chain-cable compressor
A curved arm of iron which revolves on a bolt through an eye at one end, at the other is a larger ey...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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chain-cable controller
A contrivance for the prevention of one part of the chain riding on another while heaving in.
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chain-cable shackles
Used for coupling the parts of a chain-cable at various lengths, so that they may be disconnected wh...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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short-linked chain
A cable without studs, and therefore with shorter links than those of stud-chains; such are slings a...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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(St.) Benet Paul's Wharf
On the north side of Upper Thames Street at 225 and 226 and west of Bennet's Hill (P.O. Directory). ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Bell Tower
In the Lib. Cust. I. 343, it is stated that the Campanile used by the citizens to summon the Folkmoo...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Chapter House
On the north side of St. Paul's Churchyard at No.68 (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard Ward.
First...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Charnel House
On the north side of St. Paul's Churchyard, a large charnel house for the bones of the dead and over...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's College Court
In St. Paul's Churchyard (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Houses, Residentiaries
See Amen Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Paul's Bakehouse Court
West out of Godliman Street at No.6, in Castle Baynard Ward (P.O. Directory).
First mention: O. and...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Paul's Wharf Hill
. -South from Paul's chain to Thames Street and Paul's Wharf (S. 366).
First mention: " Pawles whar...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Paul's Wharf Stairs
See Paul's Stairs.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Paul's Pier Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street, at No.23, to the Thames (P.O. Directory).
First mention: " St. Pa...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Peter Paul's Wharf
On the north side of Thames Street and east side of St. Peter's Hill. In Queenhithe Ward. The parish...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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midshipman's watch and chain
A sheep's heart and pluck.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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watch, chain, and seals
A sheep's head And pluck.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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testing a chain-cable
Trying its strength by the hydraulic machine, which strains it beyond what it is likely to undergo w...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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(St.) Benet Paul's Wharf, Street
See Bennet's Hill.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Benet Paul's Wharf Churchyard
On the north side of the church (O. and M. 1677, and Horwood, 1799).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Deanery of St. Paul's
On the west side of Dean's Court at No. 1 (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard Ward.
The house of th...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Faith under St. Paul's
A parish Church under the Quire of St. Paul's, at the west end of Jesus Chapel (S. 331).
A crypt of...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Gregory by St. Paul's
At the south-west end of St. Paul's, adjoining the Lowlardes Tower (S. 372, and Strype). In Castle B...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Chapels in Old
These were very numerous and consisted of the followmg: Chapels of Our Lady, of St. Dunstan and St. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Chain Alley, Cooper's Row, Aldgate
See Gould Square.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ball Alley, St. Paul's Churchyard
Out of St. Paul's Churchyard.
Named after the " Ball," a house with such a sign standing there 1594...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Chapels in Old St. Paul's
See St. Paul's Chapels in Old.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Alley, Court, Fenchurch Street
See Paulshead Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Black Swan Court, St. Paul's Churchyard
See Black Swan Alley.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Boss of Water at Paul's Wharf
Made about 1423 by the executors of Richard Whittington. In Bosse Lane (S. 17, 364). In Queenhithe W...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Six Garden Court, Paul's Alley, Cripplegate
See Garden Court and Young's Buildings.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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fore-ganger of the chain bower cables
Is a length of 15 fathoms of stouter chain, in consequence of greater wear and tear near the anchor,...
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Chapel of the Bishop of St. Paul's
"Capella Episcopi juxta Sanctum Paulum," 31 Ed. I. (Lib. Cust. I. 229).
Dugdale mentions a Chapel i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Chapel upon the Charnell in St. Paul's Churchyard
Newly built chapel in St. Paul's Churchyard beyond the charnel house mentioned in will of Roger Beyv...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.