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Prison \Pris"on\ (?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. prehensio, prensio, a
seizing, arresting, fr. prehendre, prendere, to lay hold of,
to seize. See {Prehensile}, and cf. {Prize}, n.,
{Misprision}.]
1. A place where persons are confined, or restrained of
personal liberty; hence, a place or state o? confinement,
restraint, or safe custody.

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy
name. --Ps. cxlii.
7.

The tyrant [AE]olus, . . .
With power imperial, curbs the struggling winds,
And sounding tempests in dark prisons binds.
--Dryden.

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.