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(k?s"t?-d?), n.[L. custodia, fr. custos guard; prob. akin to Gr. to hide, and E. hide. See Hide to cover.] 1. A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security. A fleet of thirty ships for the custody of the narrow seas. Bacon. 2. Judicial or penal safe-keeping. Jailer, take him to thy custody. Shak. 3. State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment. What pease will be given To us enslaved, but custody severe, And stripes and arbitrary punishment? Milton. スポンサード リンク
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