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Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain..

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

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..

Hamshackle :: Hamshackle (v. t.) To fasten (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the fore legs; as, to hamshackle a horse or cow; hence, to bind or restrain; to curb..

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

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

Shackle :: Shackle (n.) The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple..

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

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

Shackle :: Shackle (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..

Fetter :: Fetter (p. pr. & vb. n.) To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.

Loose :: Loose (a.) To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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..

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