Word Meanings - CONSTRAIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.
- BONDSERVICE
The condition of a bond servant; sevice without wages; slavery. Their children . . . upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bond service. 1 Kings ix. 21. - CHAINPUMP
A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water - Confineless
Without limitation or end; boundless. - CHAINSTITCH
A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the under side of the work; the loop stitch, as distinguished from the lock stitch. See Stitch. - Bondslave
A person in a state of slavery; one whose person and liberty are subjected to the authority of a master. - Confinement
Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion. - Constringed
of Constringe - Bondstone
A stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together; a binding stone. - Constringe
To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink. - Bondswoman
See Bondwoman. - Constringent
Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing.
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