Jail

Webster's Practical Dictionary- A Practical Dictionary of the Englih Language · 1884 · p. 222

jal,w. A prison; a place for confinement for or for crime. — Jail'er, n. The keeper of, etc.— bird, n. A prisoner; one who has been confined prison. — fe'ver, n\ (Med.) A fever of the character, generated in jails and crowded places.