jail bird
         n 1: a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly [syn: {jail
               bird}, {jailbird}, {gaolbird}]

English Dictionary: jailbird	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jailbird n a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly [syn: {jail bird}, jailbird, gaolbird]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jailbreak n an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned" Synonym(s): break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jail \Jail\, n. [OE. jaile, gail, gayhol, OF. gaole, gaiole,       jaiole, F. ge[93]le, LL. gabiola, dim. of gabia cage, for L.       cavea cavity, cage. See {Cage}.]       A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons       held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with       reference to some future judicial proceeding. [Written also       {gaol}.]                   This jail I count the house of liberty.   --Milton.          {Jail bird}, a prisoner; one who has been confined in prison.             [Slang]          {Jail delivery}, the release of prisoners from jail, either             legally or by violence.          {Jail delivery commission}. See under {Gaol}.          {Jail fever} (Med.), typhus fever, or a disease resembling             it, generated in jails and other places crowded with             people; -- called also {hospital fever}, and {ship fever}.                      {Jail liberties}, [or] {Jail limits}, a space or district             around a jail within which an imprisoned debtor was, on             certain conditions, allowed to go at large. --Abbott.          {Jail lock}, a peculiar form of padlock; -- called also             {Scandinavian lock}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jail \Jail\, n. [OE. jaile, gail, gayhol, OF. gaole, gaiole,       jaiole, F. ge[93]le, LL. gabiola, dim. of gabia cage, for L.       cavea cavity, cage. See {Cage}.]       A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons       held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with       reference to some future judicial proceeding. [Written also       {gaol}.]                   This jail I count the house of liberty.   --Milton.          {Jail bird}, a prisoner; one who has been confined in prison.             [Slang]          {Jail delivery}, the release of prisoners from jail, either             legally or by violence.          {Jail delivery commission}. See under {Gaol}.          {Jail fever} (Med.), typhus fever, or a disease resembling             it, generated in jails and other places crowded with             people; -- called also {hospital fever}, and {ship fever}.                      {Jail liberties}, [or] {Jail limits}, a space or district             around a jail within which an imprisoned debtor was, on             certain conditions, allowed to go at large. --Abbott.          {Jail lock}, a peculiar form of padlock; -- called also             {Scandinavian lock}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Juliform \Ju"li*form\, a. [Julus + -form.] (Bot.)       Having the shape or appearance of a julus or catkin.