Definition of fetter

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Fetter (n.) A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle..

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Bind :: 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..
Anklet :: Anklet (n.) An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.
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..
Span :: Span (v. t.) To fetter, as a horse; to hobble..
Fetter :: Fetter (p. pr. & vb. n.) To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.
Iron :: Iron (n.) Fetters; chains; handcuffs; manacles.
Gyve :: Gyve (n.) A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter..
Hamper :: Hamper (v. t.) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber..
Hopple :: Hopple (n.) A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural..
Fetterer :: Fetterer (n.) One who fetters.
Fetter :: Fetter (p. pr. & vb. n.) To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations..
Fetterless :: Fetterless (a.) Free from fetters.
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.
Fetters :: fetters (pl. ) of Fette.
Band :: Band (v. t.) A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter..
Downgyved :: Downgyved (a.) Hanging down like gyves or fetters.
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..
Unfetter :: Unfetter (v. t.) To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind..
Enfetter :: Enfetter (v. t.) To bind in fetters; to enchain.
Garnish :: Garnish (v. t.) To fit with fetters.
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