gyve

[ jahyv ]

/ dʒaɪv /

Archaic.

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noun

Usually gyves. a shackle, especially for the leg; fetter.

verb (used with object), gyved, gyv·ing.

to shackle.

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Origin of gyve

1175–1225; Middle English give< ?

OTHER WORDS FROM gyve

un·gyved, adjective

Words nearby gyve

gyrus, gyrus fornicatus, GySgt, gyttja, Gyumri, gyve, h, H1B visa, H1N1, H2O, H8

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How to use gyve in a sentence

So soon as the child began to speak, the gyve was riveted; and the boys and girls limped about their play like convicts.
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I see the food to be wholesome,” said Jack; “and still it is no proof that a man should wear a gyve on his right leg.
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God knows,” said Jack, “I fear your anger; but yet your anger does not prove that a man should wear a gyve on his right leg.
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But the man, when his gyve spoke, spat and struck at Jack, and threw stones at him as he went away; so that his head was broken.
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So he stooped and put the gyve in his bosom; and the rough iron galled him as he went, and his bosom bled.
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British Dictionary definitions for gyve

gyve

/ (dʒaɪv) archaic /

verb

(tr) to shackle or fetter

noun

(usually plural) fetters

Word Origin for gyve

C13: of unknown origin

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