chainlet
noun 2
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1ADJ.
gold, trembling
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noun
1
A small chain.
What plumage waved the altar round , How spurs and ringing chainlets sound
Her pure white dress, her fair arms and neck, the trembling chainlet of gold circling her throat, and quivering on her breast, glistened strangely amid the obscurity of the sick-room.
2
A chain (totally ordered set) that has a finite number of elements.
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What plumage waved the altar round , How spurs and ringing chainlets sound
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Her pure white dress, her fair arms and neck, the trembling chainlet of gold circling her throat, and quivering on her breast, glistened strangely amid the obscurity of the sick-room.
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