gaol
111commission of gaol delivery — A commission appointed by the court to try all of the prisoners who are confined in a jail …
112court of oyer and terminer and general gaol delivery — A nisi prius court of criminal jurisdiction in England …
113judges of gaol delivery — Judges who were specially commissioned to hear and determine the cases of persons imprisoned in a jail …
114justices of gaol delivery — Judges who were commissioned to hear the cases of persons who were in jail …
115Ballad of Reading Gaol, The — /red ing/ a poem (1898) by Oscar Wilde …
116jail — Gaol Gaol (j[=a]l), n. [See {Jail}.] A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail. [Preferably, and in the United States usually, written {jail}.] [1913 Webster] {Commission of general gaol delivery},… …
117gaolbird — gaol|bird [ˈdʒeılbə:d US bə:rd] n a British spelling of ↑jailbird …
118gaoler — gaol|er [ˈdʒeılə US ər] n a British spelling of ↑jailer …
119gaoler — gaol|er [ dʒeılər ] a British spelling of jailer …
120gaoler — gaol, gaoler see jail, jailer …