Defn: The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. Chain, n., 4.
7. (Chem.)
Defn: A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; — applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
8. pl.
Defn: Sausages; — because linked together. [Colloq.]
LINK
Link, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Linked; p. pr. & vb. n. Linking.]
Defn: To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple. All the tribes and nations that composed it [the Roman Empire] were linked together, not only by the same laws and the same government, but by all the facilities of commodious intercourse, and of frequent communication. Eustace.
LINK
Link, v. i.
Defn: To be connected.
No one generation could link with the other. Burke.
LINKAGE
Link"age, n.