dag vs shackle

dag

verb
  • To be misty; to drizzle. 

  • To shear the hindquarters of a sheep in order to remove dags or prevent their formation. 

  • To cut or slash the edge of a garment into dags 

  • To skewer food, for roasting over a fire 

intj
  • Expressing shock, awe or surprise; used as a general intensifier. 

noun
  • A dangling lock of sheep’s wool matted with dung. 

  • A hanging end or shred, in particular a long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing, or one of a row of decorative strips of cloth that may ornament a tent, booth or fairground. 

  • A skewer. 

  • A misty shower; dew. 

  • A spit, a sharpened rod used for roasting food over a fire. 

  • The unbranched antler of a young deer. 

  • One who dresses unfashionably or without apparent care about appearance; someone who is not cool; a dweeb or nerd. 

  • A directed acyclic graph; an ordered pair (V,E) such that E is a subset of some partial ordering relation on V. 

shackle

verb
  • To shake, rattle. 

  • To render immobile or incapable; to inhibit the progress or abilities of. 

  • To restrain using shackles; to place in shackles. 

noun
  • A link for connecting railroad cars; a drawlink or draglink. 

  • A restraint on one's action, activity, or progress. 

  • A length of cable or chain equal to 12+¹⁄₂ fathoms or 75 feet, or later to 15 fathoms. 

  • A U-shaped piece of metal secured with a pin or bolt across the opening, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism. 

  • A fetter-like band worn as an ornament. 

  • A restraint fit over a human or animal appendage, such as a wrist, ankle or finger; normally used in pairs joined by a chain. 

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