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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.
[1913 Webster]
[They] bound him with fetters of brass. --Judg. xvi.
21.
[1913 Webster]
2. Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.
[1913 Webster]
Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound.
--Dryden.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Fetter \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.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
fetters
n.
(plural of en fetter)
vb.
(infl of en fetter s-verb-form)
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Fetters
n.
(plural of en Fetter)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
fetters
n.
(plural of en fetter)
vb.
(infl of en fetter s-verb-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
Fetters
n.
(plural of en Fetter)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
fetters
n.
(plural of en fetter)
vb.
(infl of en fetter s-verb-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Fetters
n.
(plural of en Fetter)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
fetters
n.
(plural of en fetter)
vb.
(infl of en fetter s-verb-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Fetters
n.
(plural of en Fetter)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
fetters
Englanti n.
(en-monikko f etter)
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm f etter s)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
fetter's
Engelska n.
(böjning en subst fetter)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
fetters
Engelska n.
(böjning en subst fetter)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb fetter)
n.
(böjning sv subst fett)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
fetters'
Engelska n.
(böjning en subst fetter)
From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]
fetters
n.
(böjning sv subst fett)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Fetters /fˈɛtəz/ القيودFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
fetters /fˈɛtəz/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]pouta
fetters /fˈɛtəz/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]okovy
fetters /fˈɛtəz/ FußfesselnFrom English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]Synonym: gyves see: fetter, gyve
fetters /fˈɛtəz/ δεσμάFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) : [ bouvier ]/ˈfɛtɝz/
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.
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 枷锁