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Manacle
Pronunciation : Man"a*cle
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. manicle, OF. manicle, F. manicle sort glove, manacle, L. manicula a little hand, dim. of manus hand; cf. L. manica sleeve, manacle, fr.manus. See Manual.]
Definition : Defn: A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural. Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand. Ecclus. xxi. 19.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Man"a*cle
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To put handcuffs or other fastening upon, for confining the hands; to shackle; to confine; to restrain from the use of the limbs or natural powers. Is it thus you use this monarch, to manacle and shackle him hand and foot Arbuthnot.
t. [imp. & p. p. Manacled; p. pr. & vb. n. Manacling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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