Part 866

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To dip or lade water from; -- often with <i>out</i> to express completeness; <as>as, to <ex>bail</ex> a boat</as>.</def>

<blockquote>By the help of a small bucket and our hats we <b>bailed</b> her out. <i>R. H. Dana, Jr.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Bail</hw>, <tt>v.<?/t.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>bailler</ets> to give, to deliver, fr. L. <ets>bajulare</ets> to bear a burden, keep in custody, fr. <ets>bajulus</ets> <?/ who bears burdens.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To deliver; to release.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Ne none there was to rescue her, ne none to <b>bail</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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.</def>

<note>&hand; The word is applied to the magistrate or the surety. The magistrate <i>bails</i> (but <i>admits to bail</i> is commoner) a man when he liberates him from arrest or imprisonment upon bond given with sureties. The surety <i>bails</i> a person when he procures his release from arrest by giving bond for his appearance.</note>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<sd>(b)</sd> <def>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>as, to <ex>bail</ex> cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to <ex>bail</ex> goods to a carrier</as>.</def>

<i>Blackstone. Kent.</i>

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<hw>Bail</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>bail</ets> guardian, administrator, fr. L. <ets>bajulus</ets>. See <er>Bail</er> to deliver.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Custody; keeping.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Silly Faunus now within their <b>bail</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>bail</b> must be real, substantial bondsmen. <i>Blackstone.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A. and B. were <b>bail</b> to the arrest in a suit at law. <i>Kent.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(b)</sd> <def>The security given for the appearance of a prisoner in order to obtain his release from custody of the officer; <as>as, the man is out on <ex>bail</ex>; to go <ex>bail</ex> for any one</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Excessive <b>bail</b> ought not to be required. <i>Blackstone.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Bail</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>beyl</ets>; cf. Dan. <ets>b\'94ile</ets> an bending, ring, hoop, Sw. <ets>b\'94gel</ets>, <ets>bygel</ets>, and Icel. <ets>beyla</ets> hump, swelling, akin to E. <ets>bow</ets> to bend.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable.</def>

<i>Forby.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc.</def>

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<hw>Bail</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>bail</ets>, <ets>baille</ets>. See <er>Bailey</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> (Usually <pluf>pl.</pluf>) <def>A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>bayle</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.</def>

<i>Holinshed.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A certain limit within a forest.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A division for the stalls of an open stable.</def>