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Bail (bāl), n. [F. baille a bucket, pail; cf. LL. bacula, dim. of bacca a sort of vessel. Cf. Bac.] A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat. [Obs.]
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The bail of a canoe . . . made of a human skull. Capt. Cook.
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Bail, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bailed (bāld); p. pr. & vb. n. Bailing.]
1. To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, “to bail water out of a boat”.
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Buckets . . . to bail out the water. Capt. J. Smith.
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2. To dip or lade water from; -- often with out to express completeness; as, “to bail a boat”.
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By the help of a small bucket and our hats we bailed her out. R. H. Dana, Jr.
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Bail, v. t. [OF. bailler to give, to deliver, fr. L. bajulare to bear a burden, keep in custody, fr. bajulus he who bears burdens.]
1. To deliver; to release. [Obs.]
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Ne none there was to rescue her, ne none to bail. Spenser.
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2. (Law) (a) 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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☞ The word is applied to the magistrate or the surety. The magistrate bails (but admits to bail is commoner) a man when he liberates him from arrest or imprisonment upon bond given with sureties. The surety bails a person when he procures his release from arrest by giving bond for his appearance. Blackstone.
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(b) 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”. Blackstone. Kent.
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Bail, n. [OF. bail guardian, administrator, fr. L. bajulus. See Bail to deliver.]
1. Custody; keeping. [Obs.]
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Silly Faunus now within their bail. Spenser.
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2. (Law) (a) The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surety for his appearance in court.
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The bail must be real, substantial bondsmen. Blackstone.
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A. and B. were bail to the arrest in a suit at law. Kent.
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(b) 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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Excessive bail ought not to be required. Blackstone.
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Bail, n. [OE. beyl; cf. Dan. böile a bending, ring, hoop, Sw. bögel, bygel, and Icel. beyla hump, swelling, akin to E. bow to bend.]
1. The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable. Forby.
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2. A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc.
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Bail, n. [OF. bail, baille. See Bailey.]
1. (Usually pl.) A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense. [Written also bayle.] [Obs.]
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2. The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court. Holinshed.
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3. A certain limit within a forest. [Eng.]
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4. A division for the stalls of an open stable.
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5. (Cricket) The top or cross piece (or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket.
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