01 n. A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
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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.“[They] disdain the trammels of any sordid contract.” — Jeffrey.
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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.(Mech.)