Manacled

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

  Manacle \Man"a*cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manacled}
     (m[a^]n"[.a]*k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Manacling}.]
     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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           Is it thus you use this monarch, to manacle and shackle
           him hand and foot ?                      --Arbuthnot.
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