Prison

priz′n, n. a building for the confinement of criminals, .: a jail: any place of confinement.— v.t. to shut in prison, restrain.— n.pl. Pris′on-bars , whatever confines or restrains.— ns. Pris′oner , one arrested or confined in prison: a captive; Pris′oner's- , Pris′on-base , a game among boys, in which those who are caught in a certain way are confined as prisoners—a corr. of prison-bars ; Pris′on-fē′ver , typhus-fever; Pris′on-house , place of confinement; Pris′onment ( Shak. ), confinement in a prison—usually imprisonment ; Pris′on-ship ; Pris′on-van , a closed conveyance for carrying prisoners.— State prisoner , one confined for a political offence in a state prison. [Fr.,—L. prensio , -oni s, for prehensio , a seizing— prehendĕre , -hensum , to seize.]