[…] I would have thee gone: And yet no further than a wanton’s bird; Who lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, And with a silk thread plucks it back again, So loving-jealous of his liberty.
Source: wiktionary
Gyve
//d͡ʒaɪv//
Synonyms for "gyve" (28 found)
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Translations
5 translations across 2 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- оковавам verb (shackle)
- сковавам verb (shackle)
Russian
3 entries- кандалы́ verb (shackle)
- око́вы verb (shackle)
- у́зы verb (shackle)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
With head and heart and hand I’ll strive To break the rod, and rend the gyve,— The spoiler of his prey deprive,—
Source: wiktionary
Our gyves were removed and our possessions returned to us, except for my Banker’s Special.
Source: wiktionary
Not gyved with connubial relations, I entered upon my migration entirely isolated, with the exception of a canine quadruped whose mordacious, latrant, lusorious, and venatic qualities, are without parity.
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