Grail

·noun Small particles of earth; gravel.

II. Grail ·noun One of the small feathers of a hawk.

III. Grail ·noun A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.

IV. Grail ·noun A broad, open dish; a chalice;

— only used of the Holy Grail.

grail
(Fr. grêle hail.) Small particles of any kind.--Johnson. Margaret curvetted about the mounds, she l...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.