2. (n.) The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death; the abode of evil spirits. Hence, any mental torment; anguish.
3. (n.) A place where outcast persons or things are gathered
4. (n.) A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.
5. (n.) A gambling house.
6. (n.) A place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a printer his broken type.
7. (v. t.) To overwhelm.