Right in front of him he saw, in the wan moonlight, an old man of terrible aspect.
His eyes where as red as burning coals; long grey hair fell over his shoulders in matted1 coils2;
his garments, which were solid and ragged,and from his wrists and ankles hung heavy manacles3 and rusty gyves4.
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1. matted
:
closely tangled together in a dense mass
2. coil
:
anything wound or gathered into a series of rings or a spiral