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

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

Shackled :: Shackled (imp. & p. p.) of Shackl.

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

Unbind :: Unbind (v. t.) To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets; to unbind a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load..

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

Shackle :: Shackle (n.) Stubble.

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

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..

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..

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

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..

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

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