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gyve

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GYVE

n.Gyves are fetters or shackles for the legs. Gyves and the mill had tamed thee.

GYVE

v.t.To fetter; to shackle; to chain.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GYVE

Gyve, n. Etym: [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. gefyn, Ir. geibbionn, Gael. geimheal.]

Defn: 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.

GYVE

Gyve, v. t. Etym: [imp. & p. p. Gyved (p. pr. & vb. n. Gyving.]

Defn: To fetter; to shackle; to chain. Spenser. I will gyve thee in thine own courtship. Shak.

New American Oxford Dictionary

gyve

gyve |jīv ʤaɪv | ▶noun (usu. gyves ) archaic a fetter or shackle. DERIVATIVES gyved adjective ORIGIN Middle English: of unknown origin.

Oxford Dictionary

gyve

gyve |dʒʌɪv, gʌɪv | ▶noun (usu. gyves ) archaic a fetter or shackle. DERIVATIVES gyved adjective ORIGIN Middle English: of unknown origin.