Shackle: alternatives and connections

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

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To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

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The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity.

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…

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The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, phy…

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To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.

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A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond;…

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A fastening, consisting of an iron ring around the wrist, usually connected by a chain with one on the other wrist; a manacle; -- usually in the plur…

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To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.

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A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural.

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To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.

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A fastening, consisting of an iron ring around the wrist, usually connected by a chain with one on the other wrist; a manacle; -- usually in the plur…

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A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural.

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A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which…

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A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which…

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A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, -- used…

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That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a m…

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A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond;…

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A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which…

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A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.

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A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.

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