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A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey. |
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A net for confining a woman's hair. |
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A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a
horse and making him amble. |
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Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as
a net or shackle. |
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An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing
kettles and other vessels over the fire. |
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An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which
consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the
other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves),
and also the describing pencil. |
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A beam compass. See under Beam. |
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To entangle, as in a net; to catch. |
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To confine; to hamper; to shackle. |
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