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shack
(encz) | shack,bouda na nářadí na zahrádce Jan Hradil |
shack
(encz) | shack,chata Pavel Machek |
Shack
(gcide) | Shack \Shack\, v. t. [Prov. E., to shake, to shed. See Shake.]
1. To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest. [Prov. Eng.]
--Grose.
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2. To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. To wander as a vagabond or a tramp. [Prev.Eng.]
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Shack
(gcide) | Shack \Shack\, n. [Cf. Shack, v. i.]
a small simple dwelling, usually having only one room and of
flimsy construction; a hut; a shanty; a cabin. [Colloq.] |
Shack
(gcide) | Shack \Shack\, n. [Cf. Scot. shag refuse of barley or oats.]
1. The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which
have fallen to the ground. [Prov. Eng.]
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2. Liberty of winter pasturage. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a
tramp. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] --Forby.
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All the poor old shacks about the town found a
friend in Deacon Marble. --H. W.
Beecher.
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These miserable shacks are so low that their
occupants cannot stand erect. --D. C.
Worcester.
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Common of shack (Eng.Law), the right of persons occupying
lands lying together in the same common field to turn out
their cattle to range in it after harvest. --Cowell.
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shack
(wn) | shack
n 1: small crude shelter used as a dwelling [syn: hovel,
hut, hutch, shack, shanty]
v 1: make one's home in a particular place or community; "may
parents reside in Florida" [syn: reside, shack,
domicile, domiciliate]
2: move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly; "John trailed
behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the
horse cart" [syn: trail, shack] |
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shackle
(mass) | shackle
- klada, zviazať |
ramshackle
(encz) | ramshackle,chatrný adj: Zdeněk Brožramshackle,zchátralý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
shack up
(encz) | shack up,žít na hromádce Zdeněk Brož |
shackle
(encz) | shackle,kovová spona n: ve tvaru U Pinoshackle,okovy n: Pinoshackle,spojovací článek n: Pinoshackle,spoutat v: Zdeněk Brožshackle,vsadit do okovů v: někoho, např. otroka ap. Pino |
shackled
(encz) | shackled, adj: |
unshackle
(encz) | unshackle,odpoutat v: Zdeněk Brožunshackle,vysvobodit v: Zdeněk Brož |
unshackled
(encz) | unshackled, |
battered beat-up beaten-up bedraggled broken-down dilapidated ramshackle tumble-down unsound
(gcide) | damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adj.
1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other
desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite
of undamaged. [Narrower terms: {battered, beat-up,
beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated,
ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound}; {bent, crumpled,
dented}; blasted, rent, ripped, torn; broken-backed;
{burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate),
burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate)}; {burst,
ruptured}; corroded; cracked, crackled, crazed;
defaced, marred; hurt, weakened;
knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out; {mangled,
mutilated}; peeling; scraped, scratched;
storm-beaten] Also See blemished, broken, damaged,
destroyed, impaired, injured, unsound.
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2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some
part, or by breaking. Opposite of unbroken. [Narrower
terms: busted; chipped; cracked; {crumbled,
fragmented}; crushed, ground; dissolved; fractured;
shattered, smashed, splintered; split; {unkept,
violated}] Also See: damaged, imperfect, injured,
unsound.
Syn: broken.
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3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged
reputation.
Syn: discredited.
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4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as,
the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied,
tainted, tarnished.
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Common of shack
(gcide) | Shack \Shack\, n. [Cf. Scot. shag refuse of barley or oats.]
1. The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which
have fallen to the ground. [Prov. Eng.]
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2. Liberty of winter pasturage. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a
tramp. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] --Forby.
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All the poor old shacks about the town found a
friend in Deacon Marble. --H. W.
Beecher.
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These miserable shacks are so low that their
occupants cannot stand erect. --D. C.
Worcester.
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Common of shack (Eng.Law), the right of persons occupying
lands lying together in the same common field to turn out
their cattle to range in it after harvest. --Cowell.
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Hamshackle
(gcide) | Hamshackle \Ham"shac`kle\ (h[a^]m"sh[a^]k`'l), v. t. [Ham +
shackle.]
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.
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Ramshackle
(gcide) | Ramshackle \Ram"shac*kle\ (r[a^]m"sh[a^]k*k'l), a. [Etymol.
uncertain.]
Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.
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There came . . . my lord the cardinal, in his
ramshackle coach. --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]Ramshackle \Ram"shac*kle\, v. t.
To search or ransack; to rummage. [Prov. Eng.]
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Shack
(gcide) | Shack \Shack\, v. t. [Prov. E., to shake, to shed. See Shake.]
1. To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest. [Prov. Eng.]
--Grose.
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2. To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. To wander as a vagabond or a tramp. [Prev.Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Shack \Shack\, n. [Cf. Shack, v. i.]
a small simple dwelling, usually having only one room and of
flimsy construction; a hut; a shanty; a cabin. [Colloq.]Shack \Shack\, n. [Cf. Scot. shag refuse of barley or oats.]
1. The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which
have fallen to the ground. [Prov. Eng.]
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2. Liberty of winter pasturage. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a
tramp. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] --Forby.
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All the poor old shacks about the town found a
friend in Deacon Marble. --H. W.
Beecher.
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These miserable shacks are so low that their
occupants cannot stand erect. --D. C.
Worcester.
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Common of shack (Eng.Law), the right of persons occupying
lands lying together in the same common field to turn out
their cattle to range in it after harvest. --Cowell.
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Shack up
(gcide) | Shack up \Shack" up`\, v. i.
1. to live together in a sexual relationship, without being
legally married. [Slang, U. S.]
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2. to live in a cabin, shack, or other crude dwelling.
[Slang, U. S.]
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Shackatory
(gcide) | Shackatory \Shack"a*to*ry\, n.
A hound. [Obs.]
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Shackle
(gcide) | Shackle \Shac"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shackled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Shackling.]
1. To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free
motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.
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To lead him shackled, and exposed to scorn
Of gathering crowds, the Britons' boasted chief.
--J. Philips.
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2. Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or
embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
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Shackled by her devotion to the king, she seldom
could pursue that object. --Walpole.
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3. To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars. [U. S.]
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Shackle bar, the coupling between a locomotive and its
tender. [U.S.]
Shackle bolt, a shackle. --Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]Shackle \Shac"kle\, n.
Stubble. [Prov. Eng.] --Pegge.
[1913 Webster]Shackle \Shac"kle\, n. [Generally used in the plural.] [OE.
schakkyll, schakle, AS. scacul, sceacul, a shackle, fr.
scacan to shake; cf. D. schakel a link of a chain, a mesh,
Icel. sk["o]kull the pole of a cart. See Shake.]
1. 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.
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His shackles empty left; himself escaped clean.
--Spenser.
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2. Hence, that which checks or prevents free action.
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His very will seems to be in bonds and shackles.
--South.
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3. A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.
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Most of the men and women . . . had all earrings
made of gold, and gold shackles about their legs and
arms. --Dampier.
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4. A link or loop, as in a chain, fitted with a movable bolt,
so that the parts can be separated, or the loop removed; a
clevis.
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5. A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also
drawlink, draglink, etc.
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6. The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is
hung to the staple. --Knight.
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Shackle joint (Anat.), a joint formed by a bony ring
passing through a hole in a bone, as at the bases of
spines in some fishes.
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Shackle bar
(gcide) | Shackle \Shac"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shackled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Shackling.]
1. To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free
motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.
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To lead him shackled, and exposed to scorn
Of gathering crowds, the Britons' boasted chief.
--J. Philips.
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2. Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or
embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
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Shackled by her devotion to the king, she seldom
could pursue that object. --Walpole.
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3. To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars. [U. S.]
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Shackle bar, the coupling between a locomotive and its
tender. [U.S.]
Shackle bolt, a shackle. --Sir W. Scott.
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Shackle bolt
(gcide) | Shackle \Shac"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shackled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Shackling.]
1. To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free
motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.
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To lead him shackled, and exposed to scorn
Of gathering crowds, the Britons' boasted chief.
--J. Philips.
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2. Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or
embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
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Shackled by her devotion to the king, she seldom
could pursue that object. --Walpole.
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3. To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars. [U. S.]
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Shackle bar, the coupling between a locomotive and its
tender. [U.S.]
Shackle bolt, a shackle. --Sir W. Scott.
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Shackle joint
(gcide) | Shackle \Shac"kle\, n. [Generally used in the plural.] [OE.
schakkyll, schakle, AS. scacul, sceacul, a shackle, fr.
scacan to shake; cf. D. schakel a link of a chain, a mesh,
Icel. sk["o]kull the pole of a cart. See Shake.]
1. 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.
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His shackles empty left; himself escaped clean.
--Spenser.
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2. Hence, that which checks or prevents free action.
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His very will seems to be in bonds and shackles.
--South.
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3. A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.
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Most of the men and women . . . had all earrings
made of gold, and gold shackles about their legs and
arms. --Dampier.
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4. A link or loop, as in a chain, fitted with a movable bolt,
so that the parts can be separated, or the loop removed; a
clevis.
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5. A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also
drawlink, draglink, etc.
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6. The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is
hung to the staple. --Knight.
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Shackle joint (Anat.), a joint formed by a bony ring
passing through a hole in a bone, as at the bases of
spines in some fishes.
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Shackled
(gcide) | Shackle \Shac"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shackled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Shackling.]
1. To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free
motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.
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To lead him shackled, and exposed to scorn
Of gathering crowds, the Britons' boasted chief.
--J. Philips.
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2. Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or
embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
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Shackled by her devotion to the king, she seldom
could pursue that object. --Walpole.
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3. To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars. [U. S.]
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Shackle bar, the coupling between a locomotive and its
tender. [U.S.]
Shackle bolt, a shackle. --Sir W. Scott.
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Shackling
(gcide) | Shackle \Shac"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shackled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Shackling.]
1. To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free
motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.
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To lead him shackled, and exposed to scorn
Of gathering crowds, the Britons' boasted chief.
--J. Philips.
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2. Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or
embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
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Shackled by her devotion to the king, she seldom
could pursue that object. --Walpole.
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3. To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars. [U. S.]
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Shackle bar, the coupling between a locomotive and its
tender. [U.S.]
Shackle bolt, a shackle. --Sir W. Scott.
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Shacklock
(gcide) | Shacklock \Shack"lock`\, n.
A sort of shackle. [Obs.]
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Shackly
(gcide) | Shackly \Shack"ly\, a.
Shaky; rickety. [Colloq. U. S.]
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Span shackle
(gcide) | Span \Span\, n. [AS. spann; akin to D. span, OHG. spanna, G.
spanne, Icel. sp["o]nn. [root]170. See Span, v. t. ]
1. The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger
when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.
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2. Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time.
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Yet not to earth's contracted span
Thy goodness let me bound. --Pope.
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Life's but a span; I'll every inch enjoy.
--Farquhar.
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3. The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or
of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like,
between its supports.
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4. (Naut.) A rope having its ends made fast so that a
purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made
fast in the center so that both ends can be used.
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5. [Cf. D. span, Sw. spann, Dan. spaend, G. gespann. See
Span, v. t. ] A pair of horses or other animals driven
together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in
color, form, and action.
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Span blocks (Naut.), blocks at the topmast and
topgallant-mast heads, for the studding-sail halyards.
Span counter, an old English child's game, in which one
throws a counter on the ground, and another tries to hit
it with his counter, or to get his counter so near it that
he can span the space between them, and touch both the
counters. --Halliwell. "Henry V., in whose time boys went
to span counter for French crowns." --Shak.
Span iron (Naut.), a special kind of harpoon, usually
secured just below the gunwale of a whaleboat.
Span roof, a common roof, having two slopes and one ridge,
with eaves on both sides. --Gwilt.
Span shackle (Naut.), a large bolt driven through the
forecastle deck, with a triangular shackle in the head to
receive the heel of the old-fashioned fish davit. --Ham.
Nav. Encyc.
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Unshackle
(gcide) | Unshackle \Un*shac"kle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + shackle.]
To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint;
to unfetter. --Addison.
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Unshackled
(gcide) | Unshackled \Unshackled\
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ramshackle
(wn) | ramshackle
adj 1: in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled
tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old
pier"; "a tumble-down shack" [syn: bedraggled, {broken-
down}, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle,
tatterdemalion, tumble-down] |
shack up
(wn) | shack up
v 1: share living quarters; usually said of people who are not
married and live together as a couple [syn: cohabit,
live together, shack up] |
shackle
(wn) | shackle
n 1: a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially
something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) [syn:
shackle, bond, hamper, trammel]
2: a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain
links and closed with a bar
v 1: bind the arms of [syn: pinion, shackle]
2: restrain with fetters [syn: fetter, shackle] |
shackled
(wn) | shackled
adj 1: bound by chains fastened around the ankles [syn:
fettered, shackled] |
unshackled
(wn) | unshackled
adj 1: not bound by shackles and chains [syn: unchained,
unfettered, unshackled, untied] |
ramshackle
(devil) | RAMSHACKLE, adj. Pertaining to a certain order of architecture,
otherwise known as the Normal American. Most of the public buildings
of the United States are of the Ramshackle order, though some of our
earlier architects preferred the Ironic. Recent additions to the
White House in Washington are Theo-Doric, the ecclesiastic order of
the Dorians. They are exceedingly fine and cost one hundred dollars a
brick.
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