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LIMITING |
Confining |
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BIRDCAGE |
A cage for confining birds. |
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TRAMMEL |
A net for confining a woman's hair. |
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LECTUAL |
Confining to the bed; as, a lectual disease. |
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CLAUSURE |
The act of shutting up or confining; confinement. |
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HANDFAST |
Hold; grasp; custody; power of confining or keeping. |
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STANCHION |
A vertical bar for confining cattle in a stall. |
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CLAUDENT |
Shutting; confining; drawing together; as, a claudent
muscle. |
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INCARCERATION |
The act of confining, or the state of being
confined; imprisonment. |
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CRIBBING |
The act of inclosing or confining in a crib or in close
quarters. |
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COOP |
An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a
grated box for confining poultry. |
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MOORING |
The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by
means of anchors or fastenings. |
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CINCTURE |
A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, -- as
by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb. |
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CAGE |
A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or
metal, used for confining birds or other animals. |
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HOOD |
A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of
the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue. |
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BRAKE |
A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith
is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc. |
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HASTENER |
That which hastens; especially, a stand or reflector used
for confining the heat of the fire to meat while roasting before it. |
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COMPRESSOR |
An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass
plates an object to be examined with the microscope; -- called also
compressorium. |
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SAFE |
Conferring safety; securing from harm; not exposing to
danger; confining securely; to be relied upon; not dangerous; as, a
safe harbor; a safe bridge, etc. |
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MANACLE |
To put handcuffs or other fastening upon, for confining
the hands; to shackle; to confine; to restrain from the use of the
limbs or natural powers. |
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STRAIT-JACKET |
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or those who are violently delirious. It has long sleeves, which are
closed at the ends, confining the hands, and may be tied behind the
b... |
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SIPHON |
...from the
gill cavity of a cephaloid. It serves as a locomotive organ, by guiding
and confining the jet of water. Called also siphuncle. See Illu... |
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SCAPHISM |
An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the
Persians, by confining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs
smeared with honey or t... |
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IN |
...nditions of any kind conceived of as
limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In its
different applications, it approaches s... |