2. Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful
authority.
Prison bars, or
Prison base.
See Base, n., 24. — Prison breach. (Law) See Note under 3d
Escape, n., 4. — Prison house, a prison. Shak. — Prison ship (Naut.), a ship fitted up for the
confinement of prisoners. — Prison van, a carriage in which prisoners are conveyed to and from prison.
Prison
(Pris"on), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prisoned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Prisoning.]
1. To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty.
The prisoned eagle dies for rage.
Sir W. Scott.
His true respect will prison false desire.
Shak. 2. To bind (together); to enchain. [Obs.]
Sir William Crispyn with the duke was led
Together prisoned.
Robert of Brunne. Prisoner
(Pris"on*er) n. [F. prisonnier.]
1. One who is confined in a prison. Piers Plowman.
2. A person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or not; a person held in involuntary restraint; a
captive; as, a prisoner at the bar of a court. Bouvier.
Prisoner of Hope thou art, — look up and sing.
Keble. Prisoner's base.
See Base, n., 24.
Prisonment
(Pris"on*ment) n. Imprisonment. [Obs.] Shak.
Pristinate
(Pris"tin*ate) a. Pristine; primitive. [Obs.] "Pristinate idolatry." Holinshed.
Pristine
(Pris"tine) a. [L. pristinus, akin to prior: cf. F. pristin. See Prior, a.] Belonging to the earliest
period or state; original; primitive; primeval; as, the pristine state of innocence; the pristine manners of a
people; pristine vigor.
Pritch
(Pritch) n. [See Prick.]
1. A sharp-pointed instrument; also, an eelspear. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Pique; offense. [Obs.] D. Rogers.
Pritchel
(Pritch"el) n. A tool employed by blacksmiths for punching or enlarging the nail holes in a horseshoe.
Prithee
(Prith"ee) interj. A corruption of pray thee; as, I prithee; generally used without I. Shak.
What was that scream for, I prithee?
L'Estrange.
Prithee, tell me, Dimple-chin.
E. C. Stedman. Prittle-prattle
(Prit"tle-prat`tle) n. [See Prattle.] Empty talk; trifling loquacity; prattle; — used in contempt
or ridicule. [Colloq.] Abp. Bramhall.
Privacy
(Pri"va*cy) n.; pl. Privacies [See Private.]