| • | A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat. |
| • | To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat. |
| • | To dip or lade water from; -- often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat. |
| • | To deliver; to release. |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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. |
| • | Custody; keeping. |
| • | The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surely for his appearance in court. |
| • | 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. |
| • | The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable. |
| • | A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc. |
| • | A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense. |
| • | The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court. |
| • | A certain limit within a forest. |
| • | A division for the stalls of an open stable. |
| • | The top or cross piece ( or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket. |
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