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Baillie :: Baillie (n.) Same as Bailie.

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

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

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..

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

Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc..

Pail :: Pail (n.) A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having a bail, -- used esp. for carrying liquids, as water or milk, etc.; a bucket. It may, or may not, have a cover..

Approver :: Approver (v. t.) A bailiff or steward; an agent.

Catchpoll :: Catchpoll (n.) A bailiff's assistant.

Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors..

Pestle :: Pestle (n.) A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape.

Caution :: Caution (n.) Security; guaranty; bail.

Depositary :: Depositary (n.) One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense..

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

Hire :: Hire (n.) A bailment by which the use of a thing, or the services and labor of a person, are contracted for at a certain price or reward..

Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) 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..

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

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

Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To bail.

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..

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