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Dungeon
Pronunciation : Dun"geon
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [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, Domai
Definition : Defn: A close, dark prison, commondonjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons. Down with him even into the deep dungeon. Tyndale. Year after year he lay patiently in a dungeon. Macaulay.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Dun"geon
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To shut up in a dungeon. Bp. Hall.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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