2. Apartment; place of restraint; prison. [Obs.]

Confines, wards, and dungeons.

Shak.

The extravagant and erring spirit hies

To his confine.

Shak.

Con"fine`less (? or ?), a. Without limitation or end; boundless. Shak.

Con*fine"ment (?), n. 1. Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.

The mind hates restraint, and is apt to fancy itself under confinement when the sight is pent up.

Addison.

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