Chain ¹

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.

Chain ²

Definition: That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit.

Chain ³

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.

Chain ⁴

Definition: An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land.

Chain ⁵

Definition: Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.

Chain ⁶

Definition: The warp threads of a web.

Chain ⁷

Definition: To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.

Chain ⁸

Definition: To keep in slavery; to enslave.

Chain ⁹

Definition: To unite closely and strongly.

Chain ¹⁰

Definition: To measure with the chain.

Chain ¹¹

Definition: To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor.

chain ¹²

Definition: a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament

chain ¹³

Definition: a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";

chain ¹⁴

Definition: anything that acts as a restraint

chain ¹⁵

Definition: metal shackles; for hands or legs

chain ¹⁶

Definition: a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership

chain ¹⁷

Definition: a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances"

chain ¹⁸

Definition: (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)

chain ¹⁹

Definition: a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"

Chain ²⁰

Definition: British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)

chain ²¹

Definition: a unit of length

chain ²²

Definition: fasten or secure with chains; "Chain the chairs together"

chain ²³

Definition: connect or arrange into a chain by linking