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Gyve
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter. [Written also give.] Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves. Shak. With gyves upon his wrist. Hood.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To fetter; to shackle; to chain. Spenser. I will gyve thee in thine own courtship. Shak.