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n.
series of metal links
1) to keep (a dog) on a ~
2) to put ~s on (the tires of a car)
3) a bicycle; tire ~
4) a link in a ~
measuring instrument
5) an engineer's; surveyor's ~
shackles
6) in ~s (the prisoners were in ~s)
group of associated enterprises
7) a department-store; hotel; restaurant ~
misc.
8) a human ~; to pull the ~ ( BE ) ('to flush the toilet')
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v. ( D ; tr. ) to ~ to (to ~ a dog to a fence)