n. pl. Manacles; handcuffs. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Jem Clink will fetch you the darbies. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ In “The Steel Glass” by Gascoigne, printed in 1576, occurs the line “To binde such babes in father Derbies bands.” [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A plasterer's float, having two handles; -- used in smoothing ceilings, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One of the Plymouth Brethren, or of a sect among them; -- so called from John N. Darby, one of the leaders of the Brethren. [ 1913 Webster ]