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<hw>Hail</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To pour forcibly down, as hail.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Hail</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Healthy. See <er>Hale</er> (the preferable spelling).</def>

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<hw>Hail</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hailen</ets>, <ets>heilen</ets>, Icel. <ets>heil</ets> hale, sound, used in greeting. See <er>Hale</er> sound.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To name; to designate; to call.</def>

<blockquote>And such a son as all men <b>hailed</b> me happy. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Hail</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with <i>from</i>; <as>as, the steamer <ex>hails</ex> from New York</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with <i>from</i>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>G. G. Halpine.</i>

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<hw>Hail</hw>, <tt>interj.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hail</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.</def> "<i>Hail</i>, brave friend."

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>All hail</col>. <cd>See in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col>Hail Mary</col>, <cd>a form of prayer made use of in the Roman Catholic Church in invocation of the Virgin. See <er>Ave Maria</er>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Hail</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call.</def> "Their puissant <i>hail</i>."

<i>M. Arnold.</i>

<blockquote>The angel <b>hail</b> bestowed. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Hail"-fel`low</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An intimate companion.</def>

<blockquote><b>Hail-fellow</b> well met. <i>Lyly.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Hailse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hailsen</ets>, Icel. <ets>heilsa</ets>. Cf. <er>Hall</er> to call to.]</ety> <def>To greet; to salute.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>P. Plowman.</i>

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