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The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint. "This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds." Acts xxvi.

Pertaining to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism. Brachydiagonal axis, the shorter lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal.

onfused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones, or of a general expression of surprise or approbation. "The constant buzz of a fly." Macaulay.

om the sovereign; -- much used in France before the Revolution as an arbitrary order of imprisonment.

A place of confinement for malefactors Shak. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage. Lovelace.

Confined in, or as in, a cage; like a cage or prison. "The caged cloister." Shak.

A captive; a prisoner. [Obs.] Avarice doth tyrannize over her caitiff and slave. Holland.

A prison; a jail. [Local, U. S.]

ng wretched; wretched; unhappy. "This sad and calamitous condition." South. "A calamitous prison" Milton.

An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar form, or an arrangement of mirrors, causes an apparent image of an external object or objects to appear as if projected upon a plane surface, as of paper or canvas, so that the outlines may conveniently traced. It is generally used with the microscope.…

An attack by surprise by soldiers wearing the camisado. Give them a camisado in night season. Holinshed.

An inclosure; a boundary; a limit. [Obs.] A prison is but a retirement, and opportunity of serious thoughts, to a person whose spirit . . . desires no enlargement beyond the cancels of the body. Jer. Taylor.

A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody.

e cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms.

A district comprising a hundred villages, as in Wales. [Written also kantry.]

To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue. [Obs.] Their woes whom fortune captivates. Shak.

A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another. Then, when I am thy captive, talk of chains. Milton.

The state of being a captive or a prisoner. More celebrated in his captivity that in his greatest triumphs. Dryden.

One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize.

The thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem; a prize; prey.