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dungeon
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
dungeon \dun"geon\ (d[u^]n"j[u^]n), n. [OE. donjoun highest tower of a castle, tower, prison, F. donjon tower or platform in the midst of a castle, turret, or closet on the top of a house, a keep of a castle, LL. domnio, the same word as LL. dominus lord. See Dame, Don, and cf. Dominion, Domain, Demesne, Danger, Donjon.] A close, dark prison, commonly, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons. [1913 Webster] Down with him even into the deep dungeon. -- Tyndale. [1913 Webster] Year after year he lay patiently in a dungeon. -- Macaulay. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dungeon \Dun"geon\, v. t. To shut up in a dungeon. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
