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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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Head, Sir Francis Bond
(1793-1875) Traveller, essayist, and biographer, served in the Engineers, went to South America as ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin