Sentence:  # “As an inventor,” Bob Mason suggested, “you're a howling success at shooting craps ! If I were as free of spavins, ringbone, saddle-galls, and splints as you are, I'd have that nanny-goat in here, <WSD>hog-tie</WSD> her, flop her and let the boy help himself. […]” 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To tie an animal's or someone's feet together; originally all four legs of a quadruped.