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   Bail , 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 ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bailing.]
   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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   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.]
   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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   (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.]
   Custody; keeping. [Obs.]
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   Silly Faunus now within their bail.
   Spenser.
   
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   (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.]
   The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable.
   Forby.
   
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   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.]
    (Usually pl.) A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense. [Written also bayle.] [Obs.]
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   The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.
   Holinshed.
   
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   A certain limit within a forest. [Eng.]
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   A division for the stalls of an open stable.
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   (Cricket) The top or cross piece (or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket.
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