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n.
A wooden frame to confine an unruly horse or ox while shoeing.
v. t.
To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for feeding within certain limits.
v. t.
To release from confinement or restraint.
v. t.
To release from a pen or from confinement.
v. t.
To release from a cloister, or from confinement or seclusion; to set free; to liberate.
n.
An instrument for measuring the volume of a body, especially a solid, by means of the difference in tension caused by its presence and absence in a confined portion of air.
n.
The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
a.
Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theoretical learning; theoretic sciences.
n.
An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans of both sexes. It was made with or without sleeves, reached to or below the knees, and was confined at the waist by a girdle.
v. t.
To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint.
a.
A Pent up; confined.
v. t.
To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine.
v. t.
To confine; to hamper; to shackle.
v. t.
To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows.
n.
One who lives on confines, or near the border of a country; a borderer; a near neighbor.
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n.
A sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to receive and entertain her friends.
v. t.
To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.
a.
Having but one front surface; as, some foliaceous corals are unifacial, the polyp mouths being confined to one surface.
n.
Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
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