To fetter; to shackle; to chain.
   H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the
   consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as
   that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to
   form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet,
   as sh, th, /, as in shall, thing, /ine (for zh see /274); also, to
   modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p,
   with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of
   tsh, as in charm (written also tch as in catch), with the latter, the
   sound of f, as in phase, phantom. In some words, mostly derived or
   introduced from foreign languages, h following c and g indicates that
   those consonants have the hard sound before e, i, and y, as in
   chemistry, chiromancy, chyle, Ghent, Ghibelline, etc.; in some others,
   ch has the sound of sh, as in chicane. See Guide to Pronunciation, //
   153, 179, 181-3, 237-8.