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Empty :: Empty (superl.) Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles..

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..

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

Ramshackle :: Ramshackle (a.) Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.

Wearer :: Wearer (n.) One who wears or carries as appendant to the body; as, the wearer of a cloak, a sword, a crown, a shackle, etc..

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

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

Shack :: Shack (v. t.) To wander as a vagabond or a tramp.

Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain..

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Gyve :: Gyve (n.) A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter..

Shack :: Shack (n.) Liberty of winter pasturage.

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

Trammel :: Trammel (v. t.) To confine; to hamper; to shackle.

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