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Hail (hāl), n. [OE. hail, haȝel, AS. hægel, hagol; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. hagel; Icel. hagl; cf. Gr. κάχληξ pebble.] Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones.

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    Thunder mixed with hail,

    Hail mixed with fire, must rend the Egyptian sky.  Milton.

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Hail, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hailed (hāld); p. pr. & vb. n. Hailing.] [OE. hailen, AS. hagalian.] To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.

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Hail, v. t. To pour forcibly down, as hail.  Shak.

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Hail, a. Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).

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Hail, v. t. [OE. hailen, heilen, Icel. heill hale, sound, used in greeting. See Hale sound.]
    1. To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.

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    2. To name; to designate; to call.

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    And such a son as all men hailed me happy. Milton.

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Hail, v. i.
    1. To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with from; as, “the steamer hails from New York”.

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    2. To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from. [Colloq.]  C. G. Halpine.

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Hail, interj. [See Hail, v. t.] An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting. “Hail, brave friend.”  Shak.

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    All hail. See in the Vocabulary. -- Hail Mary, a form of prayer made use of in the Roman Catholic Church in invocation of the Virgin. See Ave Maria.

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Hail, n. A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call. “Their puissant hail.”  M. Arnold.

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    The angel hail bestowed. Milton.

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Hale (hāl), a. [Written also hail.] [OE. heil, Icel. heill; akin to E. whole. See Whole.] Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, “a hale body”.

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    Last year we thought him strong and hale. Swift.

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