To hinder or thwart.
To cause stress or annoyance.
To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
ineffectual; useless; fruitless.
To suddenly render insensible by semi-strangulation, and then to rob.
To execute by strangulation.
A cord, wire or similar used for strangulation.
An iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation.