*aol*

v. t. [ Pref. en- + gaol: cf. OF. engaoler, engeoler. See Gaol, and cf. Enjail. ] To put in jail; to imprison. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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, an authority conferred upon judges and others included in it, for trying and delivering every prisoner in jail when the judges, upon their circuit, arrive at the place for holding court, and for discharging any whom the grand jury fail to indict. [ Eng. ] --
Gaol delivery. (Law) See Jail delivery, under Jail. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a person serving a prison sentence; a jail bird. [ Chiefly Brit. ]
Syn. -- convict, inmate, jailbird, jail bird. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an escape from jail; same as jailbreak. [ Chiefly Brit. ]
Syn. -- break, breakout, jailbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The keeper of a jail. Same as Jailer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Chin. kao-ling. ] (Min.) A very pure white clay, ordinarily in the form of an impalpable powder, and used to form the paste of porcelain; China clay; porcelain clay. It is chiefly derived from the decomposition of common feldspar. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name is now applied to all porcelain clays which endure the fire without discoloration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The process by which feldspar is changed into kaolin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To convert into kaolin. [ 1913 Webster ]