Brequet chain
() A watch-guard. |
Chain
(n.) 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. |
Chain
(n.) That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain |
Chain
(n.) A series of things linked together |
Chain
(n.) An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land. |
Chain
(n.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds |
Chain
(n.) The warp threads of a web. |
Chain
(v. t.) To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain |
Chain
(v. t.) To keep in slavery |
Chain
(v. t.) To unite closely and strongly. |
Chain
(v. t.) To measure with the chain. |
Chain
(v. t.) To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor. |
Chain pump
() 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. |
Chain stitch
() An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain |
Chain stitch
() A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the under side of the work |
Chain wheel
() A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel. |
Chain wheel
() An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water. |
Feed
(imp. & p. p.) of Fee |
Feed
(v. t.) To give food to |
Feed
(v. t.) To satisfy |
Feed
(v. t.) To fill the wants of |
Feed
(v. t.) To nourish, in a general sense |
Feed
(v. t.) To graze |
Feed
(v. t.) To give for food, especially to animals |
Feed
(v. t.) To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine |
Feed
(v. t.) To produce progressive operation upon or with (as in wood and metal working machines, so that the work moves to the cutting tool, or the tool to the work). |
Feed
(v. i.) To take food |
Feed
(v. i.) To subject by eating |
Feed
(v. i.) To be nourished, strengthened, or satisfied, as if by food. |
Feed
(v. i.) To place cattle to feed |
Feed
(n.) That which is eaten |
Feed
(n.) A grazing or pasture ground. |
Feed
(n.) An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc. |
Feed
(n.) A meal, or the act of eating. |
Feed
(n.) The water supplied to steam boilers. |
Feed
(n.) The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine |
Feed
(n.) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones. |
Feed
(n.) The mechanism by which the action of feeding is produced |
Gunter's chain
() The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. See Chain, n., 4, and Gunter's scale. |
Sheet chain
() A chain sheet cable. |
Stall-feed
(v. t.) To feed and fatten in a stall or on dry fodder |
Top-chain
(n.) A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shot away. |
| drip feed | the administration of a solution (blood or saline or plasma etc.) one drop at a time |
chain pickerel
chain pike
Esox niger | common in quiet waters of eastern United States |
anchor chain
anchor rope | the chain or rope that attaches an anchor to a vessel |
atomic pile
atomic reactor
pile
chain reactor | a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy |
| ball and chain | heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain |
| bicycle chain | a chain that transmits the power from the pedals to the rear wheel of a bicycle |
| bunk feed bunk | a long trough for feeding cattle |
| chain | a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament |
| chain string strand | a necklace made by a stringing objects together, a string of beads, a strand of pearls, |
| chain | anything that acts as a restraint |
| chain | a linked or connected series of objects, a chain of daisies |
chain mail
ring mail
mail
chain armor
chain armour
ring armor
ring armour | (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings |
| chain printer | an impact printer that carries the type slugs by links of a revolving chain |
chain saw
chainsaw | portable power saw, teeth linked to form an endless chain |
| chain stitch | a looped stitch resembling the links of a chain, used in embroidery and in sewing |
| chain stitch | the most basic of all crochet stitches made by pulling a loop of yarn through another loop |
| chain store | one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise |
| chain tongs | a pipe wrench used for turning large pipes, an adjustable chain circles the pipe with its ends connected to the head whose teeth engage the pipe |
| chain wrench | another name for chain tongs |
| daisy chain | flower chain consisting of a string of daisies linked by their stems, worn by students on class day at some schools |
| flower chain | flowers strung together in a chain |
fob
watch chain
watch guard | short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest |
irons
chains | metal shackles, for hands or legs |
lubricating system
force-feed lubricating system
force feed
pressure-feed lubricating system
pressure feed | mechanical system of lubricating internal combustion engines in which a pump forces oil into the engine bearings |
c methamphetamine
methamphetamine hydrochloride
Methedrine
meth
deoxyephedrine
chalk chicken feed
crank glass ice shabu
trash | an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride, used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant |
| paper chain | a chain made of loops of colored paper, used to decorate a room |
| paper feed | a device for inserting sheets of paper into a printer or typewriter, the job was delayed because the paper feed was clogged |
| pull chain | a chain (usually with a handle at the end) that is pulled in order to operate some mechanism (e.g. to flush a toilet) |
tire chain
snow chain | chain attached to wheels to increase traction on ice or snow |
| chain letter | a letter that is sent successively to several people |
| corn gluten feed | a feed consisting primarily of corn gluten |
feed
provender | food for domestic livestock |
| creep feed | feed given to young animals isolated in a creep |
| feed grain | grain grown for cattle feed |
chicken feed
scratch | dry mash for poultry |
bird feed
bird food
birdseed | food given to birds, usually mixed seeds |
| chain | (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership |
| apparel chain | a chain of clothing stores |
| discount chain | a chain of discount stores |
| restaurant chain | a chain of restaurants |
| retail chain | a chain of retail stores |
| chain gang | a gang of convicts chained together |
chain
concatenation | a series of things depending on each other as if linked together, the chain of command, a complicated concatenation of circumstances |
| daisy chain | (figurative) a series of associated things or people or experiences |
Pennines
Pennine Chain | a system of hills in Britain that extend from the Scottish border in the north to the Trent River in the south, forms the watershed for English rivers |
| branched chain | an open chain of atoms with one or more side chains attached to it |
chain
chemical chain | (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) |
closed chain
ring | (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop |
long chain
longhain molecule | (chemistry) a relatively long chain of atoms in a molecule |
| open chain | a chain of atoms in a molecule whose ends are not joined to form a ring |