Word Meanings - CHAINLET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A small chain. Sir W. Scott.

Related words: (words related to CHAINLET)

• CHAINWORK
  Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.
• SMALLISH
  Somewhat small. G. W. Cable.
• 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
• SMALLCLOTHES
  A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.
• SMALLPOX
  A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick
• SCOTTICIZE
  To cause to become like the Scotch; to make Scottish.
• SMALL
  sm$l; akin to D. smal narrow, OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal, Goth. smals small, Icel. smali smal cattle, sheep, or goats; cf. Gr. 1. Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity
• SMALLAGE
  A biennial umbelliferous plant native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery.
• SMALLY
  In a small quantity or degree; with minuteness. Ascham.
• CHAIN WHEEL
  1. A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel. 2. An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water.
• CHAINLESS
  Having no chain; not restrained or fettered. "The chainless mind." Byron.
• CHAIN TIE
  A tie consisting of a series of connected iron bars or rods.
• SCOTTISH
  Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect.
• SMALLNESS
  The quality or state of being small.
• SCOTTISH TERRIER
  See TERRIER
• SMALLS
  See 3
• SCOTTERING
  The burning of a wad of pease straw at the end of harvest.
• SMALLSWORD
  A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the sword worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century.
• CHAINLET
  A small chain. Sir W. Scott.
• CHAIN
  An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land. Note: One commonly in use is Gunter's chain, which consists of one hundred links, each link being seven inches and ninety-two one hundredths in length; making up the total length
• TOP-CHAIN
  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.
• SHEET CHAIN
  A chain sheet cable.
• HOGCHAIN
  A chain or tie rod, in a boat or barge, to prevent the vessel from hogging.
• DISMALLY
  In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
• BREQUET CHAIN
  A watch-guard.
• GUNTER'S CHAIN
  The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. See Chain, n., 4, and Gunter's scale.
• SIDE-CHAIN THEORY
  A theory proposed by Ehrlich as a chemical explanation of immunity phenomena. In brief outline it is as follows: Animal cells and bacteria are complex aggregations of molecules, which are themselves complex. Complex molecules react with one another
• DISENCHAINED
  Freed from restraint; unrestrained. E. A. Poe.
• SAFETY CHAIN
  A normally slack chain for preventing excessive movement between a truck and a car body in sluing. An auxiliary watch chain, secured to the clothes, usually out of sight, to prevent stealing of the watch. A chain of sheet metal links
• INTERCHAIN
  To link together; to unite closely or firmly, as by a chain. Two bosoms interchained with an oath. Shak.
• CROTCH CHAIN
  A form of tackle for loading a log sideways on a sled, skidway, etc.
• ENCHAIN
  1. To bind with a chain; to hold in chains. 2. To hold fast; to confine; as, to enchain attention. 3. To link together; to connect. Howell.
• UNCHAIN
  To free from chains or slavery; to let loose. Prior.