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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.
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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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Fetter \Fet"ter\ (f[e^]t"t[~e]r), n. [AS. fetor, feter; akin to
OS. feter[=o]s, pl., OD. veter, OHG. fezzera, Icel.
fj["o]turr, L. pedica, Gr. pe`dh, 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.
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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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