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The Meaning of bail
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(n.) A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.
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(v. t.) To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat.
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(v. t.) To dip or lade water from; -- often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat.
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(v./t.) To deliver; to release.
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(v./t.) 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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(v./t.) 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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(n.) Custody; keeping.
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(n.) 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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(n.) 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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(n.) The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable.
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(n.) A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc.
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(n.) A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense.
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(n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.
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(n.) A certain limit within a forest.
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(n.) A division for the stalls of an open stable.
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(n.) The top or cross piece ( or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket.
Synonyms
bond certificate
,
bond paper
,
adherence
,
bail bond
,
chemical bond
,
shackle
,
adhesiveness
,
hamper
,
alliance
,
adhesion
,
trammel
,
bond
,
attachment
,
security
,
earnest
,
gage
,
pledge
,
surety
,
free
,
liberate
,
release
,
unloose
,
unloosen
,
loose
Homophones
baile
,
bale
,
balle
,
bayle
,
beyl
Rhymes
abigail
,
ail
,
airedale
,
airmail
,
ale
,
amell
,
ancell
,
assail
,
avail
,
avenell
,
averell
,
avondale
,
baile
,
bale
,
balle
,
barksdale
,
barrell
,
bartell
,
bayle
,
beyl
,
blackmail
,
bloomingdale
,
borrell
,
brail
,
braille
,
cail
,
cale
,
carbondale
,
cardell
,
carrell
,
cartmell
,
carvell
,
clydesdale
,
coattail
,
cocktail
,
correll
,
countervail
,
coverdale
,
curtail
,
dail
,
daile
,
dale
,
dayle
,
derail
,
detail
,
deverell
,
doornail
,
dovetail
,
downscale
,
drail
,
dralle
,
email
,
entail
,
exhale
,
fail
,
faile
,
faille
,
fairytale
,
fantail
,
farmingdale
,
farthingale
,
female
,
ferndale
,
fingernail
,
flail
,
folktale
,
foxtail
,
frail
,
gael
,
gail
,
gaile
,
gale
,
galle
,
garrell
,
gayle
,
glendale
,
gorrell
,
grail
,
guardrail
,
hail
,
haile
,
hale
,
handrail
,
heyl
,
hillsdale
,
hobnail
,
horsetail
,
impale
,
inhale
,
jail
,
jamail
,
jarrell
,
jerrell
,
kail
,
kale
,
kvale
,
lail
,
lavell
,
levell
,
macphail
,
mail
,
maile
,
maille
,
male
,
marcell
,
martingale
,
mayle
,
mcgrail
,
mchale
,
mikhail
,
modell
,
monorail
,
mortell
,
nadell
,
nail
,
naill
,
nale
,
nathanael
,
oakdale
,
orrell
,
pail
,
pale
,
parcell
,
perrell
,
ponytail
,
pralle
,
presale
,
prevail
,
quail
,
quale
,
quayle
,
quesnell
,
radell
,
rael
,
rafale
,
rail
,
raile
,
rayl
,
resale
,
retail
,
revell
,
riverdale
,
sail
,
sale
,
salle
,
savell
,
sayle
,
scale
,
scarsdale
,
schmale
,
scottsdale
,
shale
,
smail
,
smale
,
snail
,
soleil
,
spale
,
springdale
,
stale
,
sumrell
,
sunnyvale
,
swale
,
tail
,
taille
,
tale
,
teasdale
,
telltale
,
thumbnail
,
toenail
,
trail
,
tramell
,
travail
,
uniondale
,
unveil
,
upscale
,
vail
,
vaile
,
vale
,
valle
,
veil
,
verrell
,
wail
,
wale
,
weyl
,
whale
,
wholesale
,
withnail
,
yale
,
zale