Chain

A chain is a unit of length; it measures 66 feet. The chain in wildland firefighting is used as the measure of the rate of spread in chains per hour.

It is also used a lot by the USDA Forest Service by hand crews to see how far they have dug line or how far they have to go.

"How much farther are we going?"

"About 4 chains." (264 ft.)

"The wildland fire is spreading at 40 chains an hour." (2640 ft. or 1/2 a mile in 1 hour)

by Alistair MacIlherron September 24, 2009

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Chain Letter

A form of forward letters that are illegal in real life, so now a bunch of idiots have begun doing it in real life.

I hate those damn chain letters.

by Dude November 25, 2003

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chainsaw

A person who frequently behaves and converses in a bizarre and disinhibited manner

'It was all fine. Then Dudley suddenly started chatting shit with this old guy, and then tried to fuck a tree. I swear he's an absolute chainsaw'

by T. Farmer November 13, 2007

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chaine

Someone that continually scrunches their face when focusing on hard (to them) and complex tasks.

He gave me the chaine face when he couldn't figure out the answer.

by captain scrunch! June 2, 2009

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Chain Baby

Relating to the slave era of Africans being born as slaves who wore chains. It refers to a person of the negro race who is lazy, ignorant and lacks common sense.

"Look at that Chain Baby.... Alyways starting trouble."

by Shortstopswagg April 8, 2012

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