Definition of bind

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Bind (v. t.) To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner..

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Surcingle :: Surcingle (n.) A belt, band, or girth which passes over a saddle, or over anything laid on a horse's back, to bind it fast..
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..
Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict..
Calf :: Calf (n.) Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf..
Keelson :: Keelson (n.) A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the floor timbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the keel; in iron vessels, a structure of plates, situated like the keelson of a timber ship..
Handfast :: Handfast (v. t.) To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage..
Fillet :: Fillet (v. t.) To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet..
Guarantee :: Guarantee (n.) One who binds himself to see an undertaking of another performed; a guarantor.
Girth :: Girth (v. t.) To bind as with a girth.
Bandage :: Bandage (n.) A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc..
Scammony :: Scammony (n.) A species of bindweed or Convolvulus (C. Scammonia).
Bind :: Bind (v. i.) To tie; to confine by any ligature.
Hopbind :: Hopbind (n.) The climbing stem of the hop.
Varuna :: Varuna (n.) The god of the waters; the Indian Neptune. He is regarded as regent of the west, and lord of punishment, and is represented as riding on a sea monster, holding in his hand a snaky cord or noose with which to bind offenders, under water..
Obligor :: Obligor (n.) The person who binds himself, or gives his bond to another..
Enfranchise :: Enfranchise (v. t.) To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power..
Signature :: Signature (v. t.) A letter or figure placed at the bottom of the first page of each sheet of a book or pamphlet, as a direction to the binder in arranging and folding the sheets..
Sacramental :: Sacramental (a.) Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; of the nature of a sacrament; sacredly or solemnly binding; as, sacramental rites or elements..
Indenture :: Indenture (v. t.) To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice..
Binder :: Binder (n.) One who binds; as, a binder of sheaves; one whose trade is to bind; as, a binder of books..
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