1. (n.) Imprisonment; custody by a jailer; duress; restraint of the person\.

2. (n.) A stout cloth stuff, formerly made in imitation of buff leather and used for garments; a sort of tammy or everlasting.

3. (n.) In modern manufacture, a worsted of one color used for window blinds and similar purposes.

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