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Jail
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
(2):
(v. t.) To imprison.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Jail'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/j/jail.html. 1828.