Bail :: Bail (n.) A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.

Bail :: Bail (v. t.) To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat..

Bail :: Bail (v. t.) To dip or lade water from; -- often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat..

Bail :: Bail (v./t.) To deliver; to release.

Bail :: Bail (v./t.) 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..

Bail :: Bail (v./t.) 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..

Bail :: Bail (n.) Custody; keeping.

Bail :: Bail (n.) 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..

Bail :: Bail (n.) 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..

Bail :: Bail (n.) The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable..

Bail :: Bail (n.) A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc..

Bail :: Bail (n.) A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense.

Bail :: Bail (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.

Bail :: Bail (n.) A certain limit within a forest.

Bail :: Bail (n.) A division for the stalls of an open stable.

Bail :: Bail (n.) The top or cross piece ( or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket.

Bail Bond :: Bail bond () 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..

Bail Bond :: Bail bond () Special bail in court to abide the judgment.

Bailable :: Bailable (a.) Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; -- used of persons..

Bailable :: Bailable (a.) Admitting of bail; as, a bailable offense..

Bailable :: Bailable (a.) That can be delivered in trust; as, bailable goods..

Bailed :: Bailed (imp. & p. p.) of Bai.

Bailee :: Bailee (n.) 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..

Bailer :: Bailer (n.) See Bailor.

Bailer :: Bailer (n.) One who bails or lades.

Bailer :: Bailer (n.) A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit..

Bailey :: Bailey (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle.

Bailey :: Bailey (n.) The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.

Bailey :: Bailey (n.) A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester..

Bailie :: Bailie (n.) An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman..

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