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  • 61toggle chain — noun 1. : a device consisting of a short chain with a ring and toggle hook at one end and a ring at the other for regulating the effective length of a binding chain for a load of logs 2. : a chain of any length with an end hook small enough to be …

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  • 62Lifting hook — A lifting hook is a device for grabbing and lifting loads by means of a device such as a hoist or crane. Lifting hooks are usually equipped with a safety latch to prevent the disengagement of the lifting wire rope sling, chain or rope to which… …

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  • 63Back on the Chain Gang — Infobox Single Name = Back on the Chain Gang Artist = The Pretenders from Album = Learning to Crawl B side = Released = 1982 Format = Recorded = 20 July 1982, AIR Studios, London Genre = Rock Length = Label = Writer = Chrissie Hynde Producer =… …

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  • 64James Hook (producer) — James Hook (born 22 April, 1969 in Wichita, Kansas, U.S.) is a musician, sound engineer, and record producer.CareerMusicianEarly career was as a percussionist and vocalist eventual guitarist/vocalist for Shyboy, a late 1980s touring band in the… …

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  • 65bull chain — noun 1. : a heavy chain to which are attached short chains having each a hook on one end and dogs on the other that is used for drawing logs 2. : jack chain 2 * * * Lumbering. a chain for dragging logs to a sawmill. Also called jack ladder. * * * …

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  • 66Side hook — Side Side, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral. [1913 Webster] One mighty squadron with a side wind sped. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a …

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  • 67clip hook — Clove Clove, imp. of {Cleave}. Cleft. Spenser. [1913 Webster] {Clove hitch} (Naut.) See under {Hitch}. {Clove hook} (Naut.), an iron two part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails; called also {clip hook} …

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  • 68Clove hook — Clove Clove, imp. of {Cleave}. Cleft. Spenser. [1913 Webster] {Clove hitch} (Naut.) See under {Hitch}. {Clove hook} (Naut.), an iron two part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails; called also {clip hook} …

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  • 69Swamp hook — Swamp Swamp, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D. zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv[ o]ppr, Dan. & Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo s porous, spongy.] Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not… …

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  • 70Swivel hook — Swivel Swiv el, n. [AS. sw[=i]fan to move quickly, to remove; akin to Icel. sveifla to whirl, shake, sv[=i]fa to ramble, to turn. See {Swoop}, and cf. {Swift} a reel, {Swift}, a.] 1. (Mech.) A piece, as a ring or hook, attached to another piece… …

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