·- The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. ·see Chain, ·noun, 4, and Gunter's scale.
·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
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
When mountains, hills, lakes, and islands are linked together, or follow each other in succession, s...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Chains were used, • As badges of office; • For ornament; • For confining prisoners. • the gold c...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·- A logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numb...
·- A thin quadrant, made of brass, wood, ·etc., showing a stereographic projection on the plane of t...
·- A scale invented by the Rev. Edmund Gunter (1581-1626), a professor of astronomy at Gresham Colle...
Called also the line of numbers, and the line of lines, is placed upon scales and sectors, and named...
A kind of stereographic projection on the plane of the equinoctial; the eye is supposed in one of th...
Masts fitted for getting up and down with facility abaft the mast; generally used for kites, as roya...
·add. ·- A chain in which the alternate links are broad blocks connected by thin side links pivoted ...
·- A watch-guard. ...
·- A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dip...
·- An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; — used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery. I...
·add. ·- A tie consisting of a series of connected iron bars or rods. ...
·- A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel. II. Chain wheel ·- An inversion of the chain pump, by which i...
·add. ·- A form of tackle for loading a log sideways on a sled, skidway, ·etc. ...
·add. ·- A normally slack chain for preventing excessive movement between a truck and a car body in ...
·- A chain sheet cable. ...
·noun A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the rope...
North out of Carter Lane to St. Paul's Churchyard. In Castle Baynard Ward (O.S.1880). First mention...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
n. another name for the Laburnum (q.v.). ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
A large bolt to secure the chains of the dead-eyes through the toe-link, for the purpose of securing...
Are not new; Cæsar found them on the shores of the British Channel. In 1818 I saw upwards of eighty ...
An iron rod with a handling-eye at one end, and a hook at the other, for hauling the chain-cables ab...
An aperture through which a chain-cable passes from the chain-well to the deck above. ...
Plates of iron with their lower ends bolted to the ship's sides under the channels, and to these pla...
This is composed of two long metal tubes let down through the decks somewhat apart from each other, ...
Two balls connected either by a bar or chain, for cutting and destroying the spars and rigging of an...
Chains attached to the sling-hoop and mast-head, by which a lower yard is hung. Used for boat or any...
There are various kinds of stoppers for chain-cables, mostly acting by clamping or compression. ...
A chain to sling the lower yards in time of battle, to prevent them from falling down when the ropes...
, or locker A receptacle below deck for containing the chain-cable, which is passed thither throug...
A chain to sling the yards in time of battle, in case of the ropes by which they are hung being shot...
·add. ·- A theory proposed by Ehrlich as a chemical explanation of immunity phenomena. In brief outl...
A curved arm of iron which revolves on a bolt through an eye at one end, at the other is a larger ey...
A contrivance for the prevention of one part of the chain riding on another while heaving in. ...
Used for coupling the parts of a chain-cable at various lengths, so that they may be disconnected wh...
A cable without studs, and therefore with shorter links than those of stud-chains; such are slings a...
A sheep's heart and pluck. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A sheep's head And pluck. ...
Trying its strength by the hydraulic machine, which strains it beyond what it is likely to undergo w...
See Gould Square. ...
Is a length of 15 fathoms of stouter chain, in consequence of greater wear and tear near the anchor,...