gyved, ppl. a.
(dʒaɪvd)
[f. gyve v. + -ed1.]
Fastened with gyves; fettered, shackled.
| 1382 Wyclif Gen. xxxix. 20 [Potiphar] toke Joseph into prysoun, where the gyved men of the kyng weren kept. 1565 Cooper Thesaurus, Compeditus, fettered, gyued, shackled. 1821 J. Baillie Metr. Leg., Columbus xlii. 10 These gyved limbs will wear their yoke. 1892 Pall Mall G. 29 Sept. 5/2 The practice of arraigning gyved..prisoners in open court..lingered until the time of John Howard. |