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jail
[
jeyl] 
–noun
| 1. | a prison, esp. one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses. |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | to take into or hold in lawful custody; imprison. |
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| jail (jāl) n.
To detain in or as if in a jail. [From Middle English jaiole (from Old French) and from Middle English gaiol, gaol (from Old North French gaiole), both from Vulgar Latin *gaviola, from Latin *caveola, diminutive of cavea, cage, hollow.] |
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