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• Bail

  ·noun Custody; keeping. II. Bail ·noun A certain limit within a forest. III. Bail ·noun A division...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• bail

  I. n. «A framework for securing the head ofa cow while she is milked.» (`O.E.D.') This word, mark...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• bail

  (Fr. baille.) The handle of a pail, bucket, or kettle.--Forby's Glossary. A common word throughout N...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Bail bond

  ·- Special bail in court to abide the judgment. II. Bail bond ·- A bond or obligation given by a pr...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• buck bail

  Bail given by a sharper for one of the gang. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• jew bail

  Insufficient bail: commonly Jews, who for a sum of money will bail any action whatsoever, and justif...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• queer bail

  Insolvent sharpers, who make a profession of bailing persons arrested: they are generally styled Jew...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bail up

  v. 1) To secure the head of a cow in abail for milking. 2) By transference, to stop travellers in ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• leg bail

  To give leg bail, is to run away.--Grose. Sae weel's he'd fley the student's a', Whan they were sk...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bail-bond

  The obligation entered into by sureties. Also when a person appears as proxy for the master of a ves...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• leg-bail

  Dishonest desertion from duty. The phrase is not confined to its nautical bearing. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book