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handcuff |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Handcuff \Hand"cuff`\, n. [AS. handcops hand hand + cosp, cops, fetter. The second part was confused with E. cuffs,] A fastening, consisting of an iron ring around the wrist, usually connected by a chain with one on the other wrist; a manacle; -- usually in the plural. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Handcuff \Hand"cuff`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Handcuffed}; p. pr & vb n. {Handcuffing}.] To apply handcuffs to to manacle. --Hay (1754). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: handcuff n : a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs [syn: {handcuffs}, {cuffs}, {cuff}, {handlock}, {manacle}] v : confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime" [syn: {manacle}, {cuff}]
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