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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The bail of a canoe . . . made of a human skull. Capt. Cook. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bailed p. pr. & vb. n. Bailing. ] 1. To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Buckets . . . to bail out the water. Capt. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To dip or lade water from; -- often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

By the help of a small bucket and our hats we bailed her out. R. H. Dana, Jr. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Ne none there was to rescue her, ne none to bail. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

(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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. bail guardian, administrator, fr. L. bajulus. See Bail to deliver. ] 1. Custody; keeping. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Silly Faunus now within their bail. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bail must be real, substantial bondsmen. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

A. and B. were bail to the arrest in a suit at law. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

(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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Excessive bail ought not to be required. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. bail, baille. See Bailey. ] 1. (Usually pl.) A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense. [ Written also bayle. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court. Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A certain limit within a forest. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A division for the stalls of an open stable. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Cricket) The top or cross piece (or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; -- used of persons. “He's bailable, I'm sure.” Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Admitting of bail; as, a bailable offense. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That can be delivered in trust; as, bailable goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Law) (a) A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ. (b) Special bail in court to abide the judgment. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. baillé, p. p. of bailler. See Bail to deliver. ] (Law) The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In penal statutes the word includes those who receive goods for another in good faith. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) See Bailor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who bails or lades. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ The same word as bail line of palisades; cf. LL. ballium bailey, OF. bail, baille, a palisade, baillier to inclose, shut. ] 1. The outer wall of a feudal castle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester. [ Eng. ] Oxf. Gloss. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bailiff. ] An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. baillif, F. bailli, custodian, magistrate, fr. L. bajulus porter. See Bail to deliver. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Originally, a person put in charge of something; especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom powers of custody or care are intrusted. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lausanne is under the canton of Berne, governed by a bailiff sent every three years from the senate. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eng. Law) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In American law the term bailiff is seldom used except sometimes to signify a sheriff's officer or constable, or a party liable to account to another for the rent and profits of real estate. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Bailiwick. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bailie, bailiff + wick a village. ] (Law) The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Bailiff. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Same as Bailie. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Law) The action of bailing a person accused. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bailment . . . is the saving or delivery of a man out of prison before he hath satisfied the law. Dalton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A delivery of goods or money by one person to another in trust, for some special purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In a general sense it is sometimes used as comprehending all duties in respect to property. Story. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One who delivers goods or money to another in trust. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Astron.) A row of bright spots observed in connection with total eclipses of the sun. Just before and after a total eclipse, the slender, unobscured crescent of the sun's disk appears momentarily like a row of bright spots resembling a string of beads. The phenomenon (first fully described by Francis Baily, 1774 -- 1844) is thought to be an effect of irradiation, and of inequalities of the moon's edge. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ A corruption of bound bailiff. ] [ Low, Eng. ] See Bound bailiff, under Bound, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

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[ 1913 Webster ]

An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]