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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Gyvesnoun

    Fetters; chains for the legs.

    Etymology: gevyn, Welsh.

    The villains march wide betwixt the legs, as if they had gyves on. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. i.

    And knowing this, should I yet stay,
    Like such as blow away their lives,
    And never will redeem a day,
    Enamour’d of their golden gyves? Ben Jonson, Forest.

    The poor prisoners, ready to take the occasion offered, boldly starting up, break off their chains and gyves. Richard Knolles.

    Do’st thou already single me? I thought
    Gyves and the mill had tam’d thee. John Milton, Agonistes.

    But Telamon rush’d in, and hap’d to meet
    A rising root, that held his fasten’d feet;
    So down he fell, whom sprawling on the ground,
    His brother from the wooden gyves unbound. John Dryden, Fables.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. gyves

    Fetters; the old word for handcuffs.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. gyves

    Fetters; old word for handcuffs.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of gyves in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of gyves in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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