Definition of confine

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Confine (n.) Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural.

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Workhouse :: Workhouse (n.) A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.
Incoercible :: Incoercible (a.) That can note be confined in, or excluded from, vessels, like ordinary fluids, gases, etc.; -- said of the imponderable fluids, heat, light, electricity, etc..
Mooring :: Mooring (n.) That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc..
Border :: Border (v. t.) To confine within bounds; to limit.
Bridewell :: Bridewell (n.) A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse..
Confinement :: Confinement (n.) Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.
Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.
Errantia :: Errantia (n. pl.) A group of chaetopod annelids, including those that are not confined to tubes. See Chaetopoda..
Enchain :: Enchain (v. t.) To hold fast; to confine; as, to enchain attention..
Fold :: Fold (v. t.) To confine in a fold, as sheep..
Bobstay :: Bobstay (n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.
Cramp :: Cramp (v. t.) To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder.
Custody :: Custody (n.) State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.
Extravagant :: Extravagant (n.) One who is confined to no general rule.
Cage :: Cage (n.) A place of confinement for malefactor.
Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
Peg :: Peg (v. t.) To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely..
Mooring :: Mooring (n.) The place or condition of a ship thus confined.
Band :: Band (v. t.) A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter..
Confine :: Confine (n.) Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural.
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