manacle

  • 61handcuff — I noun bond, bridle, chain, collar, fastener, fetter, harness, manacle, manicae, padlock, pinion, shackle, trammel II verb belay, bind, bridle, chain, enchain, entrammel, fasten, fetter, gyve, hamper, hold, lash, leash, make fast, manacle, pinion …

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  • 62manual — [15] The Latin word for ‘hand’ was manus (it came from an Indo European base *mə n , and its modern descendants include French main, Italian and Spanish mano, and Romanian mîna). It has contributed generously to English vocabulary, and manual… …

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  • 63hobble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. shackle, bond, binding. v. limp, stagger; halt, bind, shackle, handicap, limit. See restraint, slowness, failure. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To restrict] Syn. clog, fetter, shackle; see hinder , restrain… …

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  • 64restraint — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of holding back Nouns 1. restraint, inhibition, repression, discipline, control, check, curb, rein; limitation, restriction; prohibition; monopoly. See circumscription, limit, subjection, retention,… …

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  • 65shackle — shack·le || ʃækl n. metal ring used to fasten the hands or ankles, fetter, manacle, handcuff v. bind someone s hand or ankles with handcuffs, fetter, manacle …

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  • 66shackled — shack·le || ʃækl n. metal ring used to fasten the hands or ankles, fetter, manacle, handcuff v. bind someone s hand or ankles with handcuffs, fetter, manacle …

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  • 67shackles — n. manacles, handcuffs, fetters, metal rings used to bind the hands or ankles shack·le || ʃækl n. metal ring used to fasten the hands or ankles, fetter, manacle, handcuff v. bind someone s hand or ankles with handcuffs, fetter, manacle …

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  • 68shackling — shack·le || ʃækl n. metal ring used to fasten the hands or ankles, fetter, manacle, handcuff v. bind someone s hand or ankles with handcuffs, fetter, manacle …

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  • 69handcuff — I. n. Manacle, hand fetter. II. v. a. Manacle …

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  • 70shackle — I. n. Fetter, gyve, chain, handcuff, manacle. II. v. a. 1. Fetter, chain, manacle, hamper, gyve. 2. Trammel, embarrass, obstruct, impede, restrict, bind, confine, cumber …

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