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Bail   /beɪl/   Listen
noun
Bail  n.  A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat. (Obs.) "The bail of a canoe... made of a human skull."


Bail  n.  
1.
Custody; keeping. (Obs.) "Silly Faunus now within their bail."
2.
(Law)
(a)
The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surety for his appearance in court. "The bail must be real, substantial bondsmen." "A. and B. were bail to the arrest in a suit at law."
(b)
The security given for the appearance of a prisoner in order to obtain his release from custody of the officer; as, the man is out on bail; to go bail for any one. "Excessive bail ought not to be required."


Bail  n.  
1.
The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable.
2.
A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc.


Bail  n.  
1.
(Usually pl.) A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense. (Written also bayle) (Obs.)
2.
The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.
3.
A certain limit within a forest. (Eng.)
4.
A division for the stalls of an open stable.
5.
(Cricket) The top or cross piece (or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket.


verb
Bail  v. t.  (past & past part. bailed; pres. part. bailing)  
1.
To lade; to dip and throw; usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat. "Buckets... to bail out the water."
2.
To dip or lade water from; often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat. "By the help of a small bucket and our hats we bailed her out."


Bail  v. t.  
1.
To deliver; to release. (Obs.) "Ne none there was to rescue her, ne none to bail."
2.
(Law)
(a)
To set free, or deliver from arrest, or out of custody, on the undertaking of some other person or persons that he or they will be responsible for the appearance, at a certain day and place, of the person bailed. Note: The word is applied to the magistrate or the surety. The magistrate bails (but admits to bail is commoner) a man when he liberates him from arrest or imprisonment upon bond given with sureties. The surety bails a person when he procures his release from arrest by giving bond for his appearance.
(b)
To deliver, as goods in trust, for some special object or purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed on the part of the bailee, or person intrusted; as, to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier.





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... arisen between the parties: the warden withdrew, and the wit gradually shoved the antiquary off the end of the bench on which they were sitting: a blow was struck, and a cane broken. Bohun brought an action, and the Wykehamites travelled down to give bail at Westminster Hall, where the legal quarrel was dropped, and the literary one then began. Who could have imagined that the venerable bishop and chancellor of Edward III. was to be involved in a wretched squabble about a lease with an ...
— Calamities and Quarrels of Authors • Isaac D'Israeli
... commissioned to find him. They soon traced him to his new residence, charged him with his crime, which he at once confessed, and brought him back to meet the consequences of a judicial investigation. After a short imprisonment he was released on bail, but still held to answer, and thus the case stands at present. He must of course be convicted, but whether the penalty of the law will be inflicted in whole or in part, it will be for the Executive ...
— Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters - Volume 3 • Various
... engineer. I must say that, quiet and gentle as he is, he is a cunning villain to try to throw dust in the eyes of the people by pretending to be ignorant of Cowels's death. I submit, your Honor, there is no use in wasting time with this man, and we ask that he be held without bail, to await the action of the ...
— Snow on the Headlight - A Story of the Great Burlington Strike • Cy Warman
... man laughed a sort of laugh again. "You're getting quiet now, Teig," says he. "I'll go bail but you'll be quiet enough before I'm done with you. Listen to me now, Teig O'Kane, and if you don't obey me in all I'm telling you to do, you'll repent it. You must carry with you this corpse that is on your back to Teampoll-Demus, and you must bring it into the church with ...
— The Haunters & The Haunted - Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural • Various
... either side as requisite in steering, but the others paddle on the right or starboard side only. The man seated at the stern closes with his body the opening between the ends of the raised gunwale and thus keeps out the spray or wash of the sea. Still they require to bail frequently, using for this purpose the large shell of the Melo ethiopica. In calms and light airs these canoes of Coral Haven may be overtaken without difficulty by a fast-pulling ship's boat, but on going to windward with a moderate breeze and a little head-sea they appeared to have the advantage. ...
— Narrative Of The Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By The Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During The Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries And Surveys In New Guinea, The Louisiade • John MacGillivray


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