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3 definitions found 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. My heels are fettered, but my fist is free --Milton. 2. To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on to confine; to enchain; as fettered by obligations. My conscience! thou art fettered More than my shanks and wrists. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fetter n : a shackle for the ankles or feet [syn: {hobble}] v : restrain with fetters [syn: {shackle}]
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