1. (v. t.) To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to enclose; to keep close.

2. (v. i.) To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; -- followed by on or with.

3. (n.) Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural.

4. (n.) Apartment; place of restraint; prison.