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Fetter
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What's The Definition Of Fetter?
[n] a shackle for the ankles or feet
[v] restrain with fetters Synonyms | Synonyms for Fetter: hobble | shackle Related Terms | Find terms related to Fetter: anchor | arrest | bearing rein | bilbo | bind | bit | bond | bonds | brake | bridle | burden | camisole | chain | chains | check | checkrein | chock | clog | collar | countercheck | cramp | cripple | cuffs | cumber | curb | curb bit | damper | doorstop | drag | drag sail | drift anchor | drift sail | drogue | embarrass | enchain | encumber | enmesh | ensnarl | entangle | entoil | entrammel | entrap | entwine | fasten | gag | gyve | gyves | halter | hamper | hamstring | handcuff | handcuffs | handicap | harness | hitch up | hobble | hobbles | hog-tie | holdback | hook up | hopple | hopples | impede | involve | irons | lame | lash | leading strings | leash | lime | lumber | make fast | manacle | martingale | moor | muzzle | net | Oregon boat | peg down | pelham | picket | pillory | pin down | pinion | press down | put in irons | reins | remora | restrain | restraint | restraints | rope | saddle | saddle with | scotch | sea anchor | secure | shackle | snaffle | snarl | spoke | stay | stocks | stop | straightjacket | straitjacket | strait-waistcoat | stranglehold | strap | tangle | tether | tie | tie down | tie up | toil | trammel | trammels | weigh down | yoke See Also | bond | confine | cuff | hamper | handcuff | hold | manacle | restrain | shackle | trammel | trammels Fetter In Webster's Dictionary \Fet"ter\, n. [AS. fetor, feter; akin to OS. feter?s,
pl., OD. veter, OHG. fezzera, Icel. fj["o]turr, L. pedi?a,
Gr. ?, and to E. foot. [root] 77. See {Foot}.] [Chiefly used
in the plural, {fetters}.]
1. 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.
[They] bound him with fetters of brass. --Judg. xvi.
21.
2. Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.
Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound.
--Dryden.
\Fet"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fettered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fettering}.] 1. To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind. My heels are fettered, but my fist is free. --Milton. 2. To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations. My conscience! thou art fettered More than my shanks and wrists. --Shak. |
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