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gyve
[ jahyv ]
noun
- Usually gyves. a shackle, especially for the leg; fetter.
verb (used with object)
- to shackle.
gyve
/ dʒaɪv /
verb
- tr to shackle or fetter
noun
- usually plural fetters
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- un·gyved adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gyve1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gyve1
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Example Sentences
So soon as the child began to speak, the gyve was riveted; and the boys and girls limped about their play like convicts.
I see the food to be wholesome,” said Jack; “and still it is no proof that a man should wear a gyve on his right leg.
God knows,” said Jack, “I fear your anger; but yet your anger does not prove that a man should wear a gyve on his right leg.
But the man, when his gyve spoke, spat and struck at Jack, and threw stones at him as he went away; so that his head was broken.
So he stooped and put the gyve in his bosom; and the rough iron galled him as he went, and his bosom bled.
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