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n.
The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple.
n.
A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.
v. t.
To confine; to hamper; to shackle.
imp. & p. p.
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n.
A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also drawlink, draglink, etc.
n.
A sort of shackle.
n.
Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter.
n.
A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.
n.
Hence, that which checks or prevents free action.
n.
A link or loop, as in a chain, fitted with a movable bolt, so that the parts can be separated, or the loop removed; a clevis.
v. t.
To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle.
n.
One who wears or carries as appendant to the body; as, the wearer of a cloak, a sword, a crown, a shackle, etc.
v. t.
To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars.
v. t.
To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.
v. t.
Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
n.
Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle.
n.
Stubble.
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v. t.
To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets; to unbind a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load.
v. t.
To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter.
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