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   frail , n. [OE. fraiel, fraile, OF. fraiel, freel, frael, fr. LL. fraellum.] A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
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   The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.
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   A rush for weaving baskets.
   Johnson.
   
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   frail, a. [Compar. frailer ; superl. frailest.] [OE. frele, freile, OF. fraile, frele, F. frêle, fr. L. fragilis. See Fragile.]
   Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
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   That I may know how frail I am.
   Ps. xxxix. 4.
   
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   An old bent man, worn and frail.
   Lowell.
   
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   Tender. [Obs.]
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   Deep indignation and compassion frail.
   Spenser.
   
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   Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women.
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   Man is frail, and prone to evil.
   Jer. Taylor.
   
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