FETTER
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Fet"ter (fĕt"t&etilde_;r), n. [AS. fetor, feter; akin to OS. feter&ō;s, pl., OD. veter, OHG. fezzera, Icel. fj&ö;turr, L. pedica, Gr. pe`dh, and to E. foot. √ 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.
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[They] bound him with fetters of brass.
Judg. xvi. 21.
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2. Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.
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Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound.
Dryden.
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Fet"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fettered (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Fettering.] 1. To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.
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My heels are fettered, but my fist is free.
Milton.
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2. To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations.
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My conscience! thou art fettered
More than my shanks and wrists.
Shak.
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