Dynastic Chinese FOOT BINDING was:
　「…[T]he custom of applying painfully tight binding to the feet of young girls to prevent further growth. …Bound feet were a mark of beauty that became a prerequisite for finding a husband, as well as an avenue for poorer women to marry into money. Women, their families, and [a husband] took great pride in tiny feet, with the ideal length, called the 'Golden Lotus,' being about 7 cm (2.75 inches) long.」
　「…The process was started before the arch of the foot had a chance to develop fully, usually between the ages of 2 and 5. Binding usually started during the winter months since the feet were more likely to be numb, and therefore the pain would not be as extreme. …To enable the size of the feet to be reduced, the toes on each foot were curled under, then pressed with great force downwards and squeezed into the sole of the foot until the toes broke. The broken toes were held tightly against the sole of the foot while the foot was then drawn down straight with the leg and the arch forcibly broken. The bandages were repeatedly wound in a figure-eight movement, starting at the inside of the foot at the instep, then carried over the toes, under the foot, and around the heel, the freshly broken toes being pressed tightly into the sole of the foot. At each pass around the foot, the binding cloth was tightened, pulling the ball of the foot and the heel together, causing the broken foot to fold at the arch, and pressing the toes underneath. …It was generally an elder female member of the girl's family or a professional foot binder who carried out the initial breaking and ongoing binding of the feet. This was considered preferable to having the mother do it, as she might have been sympathetic to her daughter's pain and less willing to keep the bindings tight.」
　「…The tightness of the binding meant that the circulation in the feet was faulty, and the circulation to the toes was almost cut off, so any injuries to the toes were unlikely to heal and were likely to gradually worsen and lead to infected toes and rotting flesh. If the infection in the feet and toes entered the bones, it could cause them to soften, which could result in toes dropping off. Although, this was seen as a benefit because the feet could then be bound even more tightly. Girls whose toes were more fleshy would sometimes have shards of glass or pieces of broken tiles inserted within the binding next to her feet and between her toes to cause injury and introduce infection deliberately. Disease inevitably followed infection, meaning that death from septic shock could result from foot-binding, and a surviving girl was more at risk for medical problems as she grew older.」
　「At the beginning of the binding, many of the foot bones would remain broken, often for years. However, as the girl grew older, the bones would begin to heal. Even after the foot bones had healed, they were prone to re-breaking repeatedly, especially when the girl was in her teenage years and her feet were still soft. …Bound feet were once considered intensely erotic in Chinese culture, and a woman with perfect lotus feet was likely to make a more prestigious marriage. Qing Dynasty sex manuals listed 48 different ways of playing with women's bound feet.」
　　[　https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding 2012-12-17, emphasis ours　]　
　Anyone facing「repeated foot-dis-integrating procedures」might attempt timing DELAY, PROLONG, POSTPONE, PROCRASTINATION.「Two no-longer-integrated feet taut, pull or drag feet, being pulled or dragged along」「shuffling feet」「doubly mine, highly possessive, strict ownership」likely by shuffling along with no-longer-integrated feet or in-tow behind a master.「Repeated」with「cease movement, no-longer-integrated feet」to rest or due to chronic pain as a DELAY, to PROLONG, to POSTPONE.
　Perhaps the source of the English expression FOOT-DRAGGING, or DRAGGING ONE'S FEET, meanings related to stretching out time, timing delays, PROCRASTINATION, or in the case of China, literally dragging no-longer-integrated feet behind as a girl CRAWLS or CREEPS on her belly like a reptile or hops like a bunny.
　Other meanings of DUCTILE, to be able to STRETCH OUT PHYSICALLY, or LENGTHEN something, STRAIGHTEN by stretching, pulling, rolling a heavy weight across, HAMMERING, squeezing, and so on after the bones are mashed and no longer provide a solid structure.
　「Two no-longer-integrated feet, taut」in a truss to prevent flinching or movement in preparation to dis-integrate the foot bones (again) using a cudgel, and「repeat」the process with a young girl and blunt end of a heavy instrument…STRETCHING and STRAIGHTENING a set of feet that were no-longer-integrated during a previous New Year during winter in order to make some adjustments to the shape, or, to loosen bones that had begun to fuse together as part of the natural healing process, and do some「repeated foot dis-integrating.」The feet were bound again in long cloths. As you might imagine, some folks involved might wish to DELAY, PROLONG, POSTPONE this process as long as possible, or PROCRASTINATE indefinitely.

Modern definitions (that generally disregard history) …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may list only pigeonholed definitions, euphemisms, or meaningless mnemonics)
Chinese: to prolong; to extend; to delay
Japanese: to creep, to crawl, not only … but also, in addition to, consequently, growth, development, stretching, spread, elongation, extension, carry, sustain, futures, credit, total, aggregate, gross, forever, endlessly, on and on, meandering, wandering, winding, sinuous, serpentine, zigzagging, to grow long, to lengthen, to extend, to stretch, to reach out, to hold out, to straighten, to smooth out, to spread evenly, to dilute, to thin out, to postpone, to prolong, to strengthen, to develop, to expand, to make progress, to grow stale, to be straightened, to be flattened, to be smoothed, to be exhausted, to be postponed, to be prolonged, to lay out, to spread out, to widen
Unihan extended: delay, postpone, defer
EDRDG: prolong; stretching

Used within names (nanori)
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