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A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat. |
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To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, to
bail water out of a boat. |
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To dip or lade water from; -- often with out to express
completeness; as, to bail a boat. |
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To deliver; to release. |
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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. |
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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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Custody; keeping. |
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The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner
from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming
surely for his appearance in court. |
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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. |
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The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel,
usually movable. |
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A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon,
awning of a boat, etc. |
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A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense. |
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The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed
by it; the outer court. |
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A certain limit within a forest. |
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A division for the stalls of an open stable. |
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The top or cross piece ( or either of the two cross pieces)
of the wicket. |
