Chain stitch

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• Stitch

  ·vi A contortion, or twist. II. Stitch ·vt To form land into ridges. III. Stitch ·vi A <<Furrow>>....

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• stitch

  A nick name for a taylor: also a term for lying with a woman. ...

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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 ...

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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...

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• chain

  When mountains, hills, lakes, and islands are linked together, or follow each other in succession, s...

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• Chain

  Chains were used, • As badges of office; • For ornament; • For confining prisoners. • the gold c...

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• Blanket stitch

  ·add. ·- A buttonhole stitch worked wide apart on the edge of material, as blankets, too thick to he...

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• Cross-stitch

  ·noun A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs, the thread of one stitch cross...

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• Garter stitch

  ·add. ·- The simplest stitch in knitting. ...

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• Lock stitch

  ·- A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by s...

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• Spider stitch

  ·add. ·- A stitch in lace making used to fill in open spaces with threads resembling a cobweb. ...

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• Split stitch

  ·add. ·- A stitch used in stem work to produce a fine line, much used in old church embroidery to wo...

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• thorough stitch

  To go thorough stitch; to stick at nothing; over shoes, over boots. ...

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• stitch-bird

  n. a bird of New Zealand.See quotation. 1885. Hugh Martin, `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,...

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• Block chain

  ·add. ·- A chain in which the alternate links are broad blocks connected by thin side links pivoted ...

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• Brequet chain

  ·- A watch-guard. ...

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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...

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• Chain tie

  ·add. ·- A tie consisting of a series of connected iron bars or rods. ...

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• Chain wheel

  ·- A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel. II. Chain wheel ·- An inversion of the chain pump, by which i...

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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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• Gunter's chain

  ·- The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. ·see <<Chain>>, ·noun, 4, and Gunter's scale. ...

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• Safety chain

  ·add. ·- A normally slack chain for preventing excessive movement between a truck and a car body in ...

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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...

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• Paul's Chain

  North out of Carter Lane to St. Paul's Churchyard. In Castle Baynard Ward (O.S.1880). First mention...

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• golden-chain

  n. another name for the Laburnum (q.v.). ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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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• every stitch set

  All possible canvas spread. ...

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• Side-chain theory

  ·add. ·- A theory proposed by Ehrlich as a chemical explanation of immunity phenomena. In brief outl...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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• midshipman's watch and chain

  A sheep's heart and pluck. ...

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• watch, chain, and seals

  A sheep's head And pluck. ...

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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...

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• Chain Alley, Cooper's Row, Aldgate

  See Gould Square. ...

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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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