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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hamstring \Ham"string`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hamstrung}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Hamstringing}. See {String}.]
     To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee;
     to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.
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           So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by
           seeking to effeminate us all at home.    --Milton.
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