CPage 126
- English Word Chagrin Definition Chagrined.
- English Word Chagrined Definition of Chagrin
- English Word Chain Definition A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc.
- English Word Chain Definition That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit.
- English Word Chain Definition A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas.
- English Word Chain Definition An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land.
- English Word Chain Definition Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
- English Word Chain Definition The warp threads of a web.
- English Word Chain Definition To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.
- English Word Chain Definition To keep in slavery; to enslave.
- English Word Chain Definition To unite closely and strongly.
- English Word Chain Definition To measure with the chain.
- English Word Chain Definition To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor.
- English Word Chain pump Definition 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 water to the point of discharge.
- English Word Chain stitch Definition An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; -- used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery.
- English Word Chain stitch Definition A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the under side of the work; the loop stitch, as distinguished from the lock stitch. See Stitch.
- English Word Chain wheel Definition A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel.
- English Word Chain wheel Definition An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water.
- English Word Chained Definition of Chain
- English Word Chaining Definition of Chain
- English Word Chainless Definition Having no chain; not restrained or fettered.
- English Word Chainlet Definition A small chain.
- English Word Chainwork Definition Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.
- English Word Chair Definition A movable single seat with a back.
- English Word Chair Definition An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself.
- English Word Chair Definition The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair.
- English Word Chair Definition A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig.
- English Word Chair Definition An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.
- English Word Chair Definition To place in a chair.
- English Word Chair Definition To carry publicly in a chair in triumph.