Frail

·noun A rush for weaving baskets.

II. Frail ·superl Tender.

III. Frail ·noun A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.

IV. Frail ·noun The quantity of raisins — about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, — contained in a frail.

V. Frail ·superl Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.

VI. Frail ·superl Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste;

— often applied to fallen women.