Bondage

bond'lj, n. state of being bound cap- fate, far me, her mine Boom tivity: slavery. [O. Fr. —Low L. bondagiwn, a kind of tenure. Acc. 6 Skcat, this is from A.S. bond a, a boor, a householder, from Ice. bandit, buandi, a tiller, a husbandman [duties. Bonded, bond'ed, p.adj. secured by bond, as Bonding, bonding, «. that arrangement by which goods remain in the customs’ warehouses the duties are paid. Bondman, bondman, n a man slave. ns. Bondmaid, Bond'woman. (surety.