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Broad :: Broad (superl.) Free; unrestrained; unconfined.

Frontier :: Frontier (n.) That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization..

Dam :: Dam (v. t.) To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up..

Straiten :: Straiten (v. t.) To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine..

Mooring :: Mooring (n.) That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc..

Bobstay :: Bobstay (n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.

Prison :: Prison (n.) A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o/ confinement, restraint, or safe custody..

Theoretical :: Theoretical (a.) Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theoretical learning; theoretic sciences..

Cloister :: Cloister (v. t.) To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure..

Bound :: Bound (v. t.) To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; -- said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a boundary of; to inclose; to circumscribe; to restrain; to confine..

Retention :: Retention (n.) Place of custody or confinement.

Pen :: Pen (n. & v.) To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose..

Ectolecithal :: Ectolecithal (a.) Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in a peripheral position, and the cleavage process confined to the center of the egg; as, ectolecithal ova..

Water Ballast :: Water ballast () Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast..

Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.

Shama :: Shama (n.) A saxicoline singing bird (Kittacincla macroura) of India, noted for the sweetness and power of its song. In confinement it imitates the notes of other birds and various animals with accuracy. Its head, neck, back, breast, and tail are glossy black, the rump white, the under parts chestnut..

Hamleted :: Hamleted (p. a.) Confined to a hamlet.

Confined :: Confined (imp. & p. p.) of Confin.

Pound :: Pound (n.) An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a pinfold..

Prisoner :: Prisoner (n.) One who is confined in a prison.

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