dungeon

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DUNGEON, noun 1. A close prison; or a deep, dark place of confinement. And in a dungeon deep. They brought Joseph hastily out of the dungeon Genesis 41:14. 2. A subterraneous place of close confinement. DUNGEON, verb transitive To confine in a dungeon
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