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fetter
(mass) | fetter
- obmedzenie |
fetter
(encz) | fetter,omezení n: Zdeněk Brož |
fetter
(encz) | fetter,omezovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Fetter
(gcide) | Fetter \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.
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My heels are fettered, but my fist is free.
--Milton.
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2. To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to
confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations.
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My conscience! thou art fettered
More than my shanks and wrists. --Shak.
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Fetter
(gcide) | Fetter \Fet"ter\ (f[e^]t"t[~e]r), n. [AS. fetor, feter; akin to
OS. feter[=o]s, pl., OD. veter, OHG. fezzera, Icel.
fj["o]turr, L. pedica, Gr. pe`dh, 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.
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[They] bound him with fetters of brass. --Judg. xvi.
21.
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2. Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.
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Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound.
--Dryden.
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fetter
(wn) | fetter
n 1: a shackle for the ankles or feet [syn: fetter, hobble]
v 1: restrain with fetters [syn: fetter, shackle] |
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fetter
(mass) | fetter
- obmedzenie |
fetters
(mass) | fetters
- putá |
fetter
(encz) | fetter,omezení n: Zdeněk Brožfetter,omezovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
fetter bone
(encz) | fetter bone, n: |
fetter bush
(encz) | fetter bush, n: |
fetterbush
(encz) | fetterbush, n: |
fettered
(encz) | fettered, adj: |
fetters
(encz) | fetters,okovy n: Zdeněk Brožfetters,pouta n: Zdeněk Brož |
in fetters
(encz) | in fetters, adj: |
mountain fetterbush
(encz) | mountain fetterbush, n: |
unfetter
(encz) | unfetter,sundat okovy Zdeněk Brožunfetter,zbavit pout Zdeněk Brož |
unfettered
(encz) | unfettered, adj: unfettered,nespoutaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Enfetter
(gcide) | Enfetter \En*fet"ter\, v. t.
To bind in fetters; to enchain. "Enfettered to her love."
--Shak.
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fetterbush
(gcide) | fetterbush \fet"ter*bush`\ n.
1. An ornamental evergreen shrub (Pieris floribunda) of the
Southeastern U. S. having small white bell-shaped flowers.
Syn: mountain fetterbush, mountain andromeda, {Pieris
floribunda}.
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2. A showy evergreen shrub (Lyonia lucida) of the
Southeastern U. S. with shiny leaves and angled branches
and umbel-like clusters of pink to reddish flowers.
Syn: fetter bush, shiny lyonia, Lyonia lucida.
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Fettered
(gcide) | Fettered \Fet"tered\, a. (Zool.)
Seeming as if fettered, as the feet of certain animals which
bend backward, and appear unfit for walking.
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Fetterer
(gcide) | Fetterer \Fet"ter*er\, n.
One who fetters. --Landor.
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Fetterless
(gcide) | Fetterless \Fet"ter*less\, a.
Free from fetters. --Marston.
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fetters
(gcide) | Fetter \Fet"ter\ (f[e^]t"t[~e]r), n. [AS. fetor, feter; akin to
OS. feter[=o]s, pl., OD. veter, OHG. fezzera, Icel.
fj["o]turr, L. pedica, Gr. pe`dh, 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.
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[They] bound him with fetters of brass. --Judg. xvi.
21.
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2. Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.
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Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound.
--Dryden.
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Unfetter
(gcide) | Unfetter \Un*fet"ter\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + fetter.]
To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to
unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind.
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Unfettered
(gcide) | Unfettered \Unfettered\
See fettered. |
fetter
(wn) | fetter
n 1: a shackle for the ankles or feet [syn: fetter, hobble]
v 1: restrain with fetters [syn: fetter, shackle] |
fetter bone
(wn) | fetter bone
n 1: the part between the fetlock and the hoof [syn: pastern,
fetter bone] |
fetter bush
(wn) | fetter bush
n 1: showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with
shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to
reddish flowers that resemble an umbel [syn: fetterbush,
fetter bush, shiny lyonia, Lyonia lucida] |
fetterbush
(wn) | fetterbush
n 1: ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States
having small white bell-shaped flowers [syn: fetterbush,
mountain fetterbush, mountain andromeda, {Pieris
floribunda}]
2: showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with
shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to
reddish flowers that resemble an umbel [syn: fetterbush,
fetter bush, shiny lyonia, Lyonia lucida] |
fettered
(wn) | fettered
adj 1: bound by chains fastened around the ankles [syn:
fettered, shackled] |
mountain fetterbush
(wn) | mountain fetterbush
n 1: ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States
having small white bell-shaped flowers [syn: fetterbush,
mountain fetterbush, mountain andromeda, {Pieris
floribunda}] |
unfettered
(wn) | unfettered
adj 1: not bound by shackles and chains [syn: unchained,
unfettered, unshackled, untied] |
FETTERS
(bouvier) | FETTERS. A sort of iron put on the legs of malefactors, or persons accused
of crimes.
2. When a prisoner is brought into court to plead he shall not be put
in fetters. 2 Inst. 315; 3 Inst. 34; 2 Hale, 119; Hawk. b. 21 c. 28, s. 1
Kel. 10; 1 Chitty's Cr. Law, 417. An officer having arrested a defendant on
a civil suit, or a person accused of a crime, has no right to handcuff him
unless it is necessary, or he has attempted to make his escape. 4 B. & C.
596; 10 Engl. C. L. Rep. 412, S. C.
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