Definitions of hamper
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To
put
in
a
hamper.
-
To
put
a
hamper
or
fetter
on;
to
shackle;
to
insnare;
to
inveigle;
hence,
to
impede
in
motion
or
progress;
to
embarrass;
to
encumber.
-
To
put
into
or
inclose
in
a
large
basket;
embarrass;
perplex;
impede.
-
To
impede
or
perplex:
to
shackle.
-
To
put
into
hampers.
-
To
put
in
a
hamper.
See
Hanaper.
-
To
shackle;
to
impede;
to
tangle;
to
perplex;
to
embarrass.
-
To
shackle;
to
impede
in
motion
or
progress;
to
perplex
or
embarrass;
to
entangle.
-
a
restraint
that
confines
or
restricts
freedom (
especially
something
used
to
tie
down
or
restrain
a
prisoner)
-
a
basket
usually
with
a
cover
-
A
large
basket,
usually
with
a
cover,
used
for
the
packing
and
carrying
of
articles;
as,
a
hamper
of
wine;
a
clothes
hamper;
an
oyster
hamper,
which
contains
two
bushels.
-
A
shackle;
a
fetter;
anything
which
impedes.
-
Articles
ordinarily
indispensable,
but
in
the
way
at
certain
times.
-
A
large
wickerwork
basket
for
carrying
food,
etc.
-
A
chain
or
fetter.
-
A
large
basket
for
conveying
goods.
-
A
large
basket.
-
Rigging,
etc.,
on
a
ship.
-
A
large
packing-
basket.
-
A
fetter
or
shackle.
-
A
large
basket
for
conveying
things
to
market, &
c.
-
A
large
round
basket
for
carrying
articles
of
produce
to
market.
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