Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages). Noah Webster

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СКАЧАТЬ The bail of a canoe … made of a human skull.

       Capt. Cook.

       Bail, v.t. [imp. & p.p. Bailed (?); p. pr. & vb.n. Bailing.] 1. To lade; to dip and throw; Ð usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat.

       Buckets … to bail out the water.

       Capt. J. Smith.

       2. To dip or lade water from; Ð often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat.

       By the help of a small bucket and our hats we bailed her out.

       R.H.Dana, Jr.

       Bail, v.?t. [OF. bailler to give, to deliver, fr. L. bajulare to bear a burden, keep in custody, fr. bajulus ? who bears burdens.] 1. To deliver; to release. [Obs.]

       Ne none there was to rescue her, ne none to bail.

       Spenser.

       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.

       µ 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.

       (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.

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

       Silly Faunus now within their bail.

       Spenser.

       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 surely for his appearance in court.

       The bail must be real, substantial bondsmen.

       Blackstone.

       A. and B. were bail to the arrest in a suit at law.

       Kent.

       (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.

       Excessive bail ought not to be required.

       Blackstone.

       Bail, n. [OE. beyl; cf. Dan. b”ile an bending, ring, hoop, Sw. b”gel, 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.

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

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

       2. The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.

       Holinshed.

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

       4. A division for the stalls of an open stable.

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

       Bail¶aÏble (?), a. 1. Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; Ð used of persons. ½He's bailable, I'm sure.¸

       Ford.

       2. Admitting of bail; as, a bailable offense.

       3. That can be delivered in trust; as, bailable goods.

       Bail¶ bond· (?). (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.

       Bail·ee¶ (?), n. [OF. baill‚, 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.

       µ In penal statutes the word includes those who receive goods for another in good faith.

       Wharton.

       Bail¶erÿ(?), n. (Law) See Bailor.

       Bail¶er, n. 1. One who bails or lades.

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

       Bai¶ley (?), 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.]

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

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

       Oxf. Gloss.

       Bail¶ie (?), n. [See Bailiff.] An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman.

       Bail¶iff (?), n. [OF. baillif, F. bailli, custodia? magistrate, fr. L. bajulus porter. See Bail to deliver.]

       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 power? of custody or care are intrusted.

       Abbott.

       Lausanne is under the canton of Berne, governed by a bailiff sent every three years from the senate.

       Addison.

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

       µ 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.

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

       Bail¶iffÏwick (?), n. See Bailiwick. [Obs.]

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

       Bail¶lie (?), n. 1. Bailiff. [Obs.]

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