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

Hackle :: Hackle (n.) One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used..

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

Hackle :: Hackle (n.) A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel..

Shackle :: 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..

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

Heckle :: Heckle (n. & v. t.) Same as Hackle.

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

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

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

Hatchel :: Hatchel (n.) An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of large comb; -- called also hackle and heckle..

Ramshackle :: Ramshackle (v. t.) To search or ransack; to rummage.

Hamper :: Hamper (n.) A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.

Stricken :: Strick (n.) A bunch of hackled flax prepared for drawing into slivers.

Shackle :: Shackle (n.) Hence, that which checks or prevents free action..

Bilbo :: Bilbo (n.) A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board of ships..

Hackle :: Hackle (n.) Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk..

Hackled :: Hackled (imp. & p. p.) of Hackl.

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

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

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