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Pronunciation : Hail
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. hail, ha, AS. h?gel; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. hagel; Icel. hagl; cf. Gr.
Definition : Defn: Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones. Thunder mixed with hail, Hail mixed with fire, must rend the Egyptian sky. Milton.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hail
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. hailen, AS. haqalian.]
Definition : Defn: To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.

i. [imp. & p. p. Halled; p. pr. & vb. n. Halting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hail
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To pour forcibly down, as hail. Shak.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hail
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hail
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. hailen, heilen, Icel. heil hale, sound, used in greeting. See Hale sound.]
Definition : 1. To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.

2. To name; to designate; to call. And such a son as all men hailed me happy. Milton.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hail
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with from; as, the steamer hails from New York.

2. To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from. [Colloq.] G. G. Halpine.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hail
Part of Speech : interj.
Etymology : [See Hail, v. t.]
Definition : Defn: An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting. "Hail, brave friend." Shak. All hail. See in the Vocabulary. -- Hail Mary, a form of prayer made use of in the Roman Catholic Church in invocation of the Virgin. See Ave Maria.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hail
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call. "Their puissant hail." M. Arnold. The angel hail bestowed. Milton.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913