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(ft"tr), n.[AS. fetor, feter; akin to OS. feters, pl., OD. veter, OHG. fezzera, Icel. fjturr, 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. [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. 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. スポンサード リンク
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