What is to imprison. [R.] T. Adams (1614). [Bolts] that jail you from free life. Tennyson called?
jail — To imprison. [R.] T. Adams (1614). [Bolts] that jail you from free life. Tennyson. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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