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<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Surveying)</fld> <def>To measure with the chain.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor.</def>

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<h1>Chainless</h1> <Xpage=237>

<hw>Chain"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having no chain; not restrained or fettered.</def> "The <i>chainless</i> mind."

<i>Byron.</i>

<h1>Chainlet</h1> <Xpage=237>

<hw>Chain"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A small chain.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Chain pump</h1> <Xpage=237>

<hw>Chain" pump`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>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.</def>

<h1>Chain stitch</h1> <Xpage=237>

<hw>Chain" stitch`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <p><b>1.</b> <def>An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; -- used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Machine Sewing)</fld> <def>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 <er>Stitch</er>.</def>

<h1>Chain wheel</h1> <Xpage=237>

<hw>Chain" wheel`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <p><b>1.</b> <def>A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water.</def>

<h1>Chainwork</h1> <Xpage=237>

<hw>Chain"work`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.</def>

<h1>Chair</h1> <Xpage=237>

<hw>Chair</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>chaiere</ets>, <ets>chaere</ets>, OF. <ets>chaiere</ets>, <ets>chaere</ets>, F. <ets>chaire</ets> pulpit, fr. L. <ets>cathedra</ets> chair, armchair, a teacher's or professor's chair, Gr. <?/ down + <?/ seat, <?/ to sit, akin to E. <ets>sit</ets>. See <er>Sit</er>, and cf. <er>Cathedral</er>, <er>chaise</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A movable single seat with a back.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>chair</b> of a philosophical school. <i>Whewell.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A <b>chair</b> of philology. <i>M. Arnold.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; <as>as, to address the <ex>chair</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>