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chained, ppl. a.|tʃeɪnd|
[f. chain + -ed.]
1. From the vb.:
a. Made fast, bound, closed, connected, united, with (or as with) a chain; fettered.
1613Chapman Rev. Bussy d'Amb. iv, Chained shot. 1637Rutherford Lett. cciv. (1881) 345 He hath left me a chained man. 1660N. Ingelo Bentiv. & Urania (1682) ii. 181 [The assailants] set upon the chain'd-bridge. 1684Lond. Gaz. No. 1979/1 Chained Bullets made at Brescia. 1816Byron Parisina xiii, While Hugo raised his chained hands. 1860Tyndall Glac. ii. §3. 244.
b. Of a book: secured to a shelf, desk, table, etc., by a chain in order to prevent its removal; also applied to a library of such books.
1846Wesleyan-Meth. Mag. (Abr. ed.) II. 155/2 What a hold he has of that great chained Bible! 1890W. Blades Books in Chains (1892) 4 The chained library at Wimborne Minster. 1908Daily Chron. 10 Jan. 6/7 The old chained-Bible table previously in the church of St. Mary Bourne..has been restored. 1931B. H. Streeter Chained Library i. 48 The chained library in the mediaeval system was not the equivalent of what we mean by a library, it corresponded rather to a ‘reference library’. 1963Times 2 Feb. 10/4, I direct my trustees to hand over my said chained library to Sir Robert Hall.
2. From the n.: Fitted, provided, or adorned with a chain or chains.
1552Huloet, Chayned, torquatus. 1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. ii. 8 In great ships they use chained pumps. a1796Burns Meg o' the Mill, A fine pacing horse wi' a clear chained bridle. 18..Sala Mrs. Mellor's Diam., [He] was highly curled..chained, pinned, and locketed.
3. Of lightning: Having the form of a chain or jointed line. chained-lightning. Also transf.
1859All Y. Round No. 17. 400 Lightning..now and then ‘chained’ or ‘forked’ was visible. 1872Schele de Vere Americanisms 217 Chain-lightning..is generally..changed into chained-lightning. In both forms it is constantly applied to inferior whiskey. |