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Gyne vs Gyve - What's the difference?

gyne | gyve |

As nouns the difference between gyne and gyve

is that gyne is the primary reproductive female caste of social insects (especially ants, wasps, and bees), those destined to become queens while gyve is a shackle or fetter, especially for the leg.

As a verb gyve is

to shackle, fetter, chain.

gyne

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The primary reproductive female caste of social insects (especially ants, wasps, and bees), those destined to become queens.

    • Derived terms

    * monogyne * polygyne

    gyve

    English

    Alternative forms

    * give

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shackle or fetter, especially for the leg.
  • * Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
    • Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves
  • * 1973 , , Don't Point That Thing at Me , Penguin 2001, page 122
    • Our gyves were removed and our possessions returned to us, except for my Banker's Special.

    Verb

    (gyv)
  • to shackle, fetter, chain
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1864 , year_published=2006 , edition=HTML , editor= , author= , title=Atlantic Monthly Journal , chapter=A Fast-Day at Foxden citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage="Say, rather, to melt the iron links which gyve soul to body," said Clifton ... }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2008 , year_published= , edition= , editor=Sheri L. Vadermolen , author=LD Brodsky , title=The Complete Poems of Louis Daniel Brodsky: Volume Four, 1981-1985 , chapter=A Devotee of the Southern Way of Making Love citation , genre= , publisher=Time Being Books , isbn=9781568091242 , page=419 , passage=Gyved to a squeaky swivel seat in my office, … }}

    Derived terms

    * down-gyved