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Manacle   Listen
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Manacle  n.  A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; usually in the plural. "Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Manacle" Quotes from Famous Books



... he'll manacle me if necessary. It's confoundedly important, you see—there are large interests involved. You know I ...
— V. V.'s Eyes • Henry Sydnor Harrison

... is silent after l in the following terminations: ble, cle, dle, fle, gle, kle, ple, tle, zle; as in able, manacle, cradle, ruffle, mangle, wrinkle, supple, rattle, puzzle, which are pronounced a'bl, mana'cl, cra'dl, ruf'fl, ...
— The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing - A Manual of Ready Reference • Joseph Triemens



Words linked to "Manacle" :   shackle, handcuff, trammel, bond, fetter, hamper, cuff, handlock



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