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Hamper :: Hamper (v. t.) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber..

Shackle :: Shackle (n.) Stubble.

Shackle :: Shackle (n.) A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also drawlink, draglink, etc..

Gyve :: Gyve (v. t.) To fetter; to shackle; to chain.

Unshackle :: Unshackle (v. t.) To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter.

Trammel :: Trammel (n.) Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle..

Coupler :: Coupler (n.) One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars..

Jew''s-harp :: Jew's-harp (n.) The shackle for joining a chain cable to an anchor.

Manacle :: Manacle (v. t.) To put handcuffs or other fastening upon, for confining the hands; to shackle; to confine; to restrain from the use of the limbs or natural powers..

Pastern :: Pastern (n.) A shackle for horses while pasturing.

Manacle :: Manacle (n.) A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural.

Shacklock :: Shacklock (n.) A sort of shackle.

Unfetter :: Unfetter (v. t.) To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind..

Trammel :: Trammel (n.) A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.

Iron :: Iron (v. t.) To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.

Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.

Cramp :: Cramp (n.) That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.

Shackle :: Shackle (n.) A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.

Bolt :: Bolt (n.) An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.

Bond :: Bond (n.) 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 manacle..

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