gyve (n.) Old form(s): Gives, Gyues
(plural) fetters, shackles
1H4 IV.ii.39[Falstaff alone, of his soldiers] the villains march wide betwixt the legs as if they had gyves on
Cym V.iv.14[Posthumus alone, of repenting] I cannot do it better than in gyves
LC.242Playing patient sports in unconstrained gyves
MM IV.ii.11[Provost to Pompey, of helping the executioner] it shall redeem you from your gyves
RJ II.ii.179[Juliet to Romeo, of a captive bird] Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves
TNK III.i.72[Palamon to Arcite] Quit me of these cold gyves
TNK III.ii.14[Gaoler's Daughter alone, of Palamon] the jingling of his gyves
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