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Safety
·add. ·noun A safety touchdown. II. Safety ·noun ·same·as Safety touchdown, below. III. Safety ·no...

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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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Safety bicycle
·add. ·- A bicycle with equal or nearly equal wheels, usually 28 inches diameter, driven by pedals c...

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safety-keel
A construction of keel for further security, by Oliver Lang. ...

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safety-pin
To secure the head of the capstan-bar. ...

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safety-valve
A conical valve on the top of the steam-chest, communicating with the boiler of a steam-engine, and ...

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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 stitch
·- An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; — used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery. I...

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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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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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internal safety-valve
A valve opening from the outside of a steamer's boiler, in order to allow air to enter the boiler wh...

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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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