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English Dictionary: Hail by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hail
n
  1. precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
  2. many objects thrown forcefully through the air; "a hail of pebbles"; "a hail of bullets"
  3. enthusiastic greeting
v
  1. praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"
    Synonym(s): acclaim, hail, herald
  2. be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo"
    Synonym(s): hail, come
  3. call for; "hail a cab"
  4. greet enthusiastically or joyfully
    Synonym(s): hail, herald
  5. precipitate as small ice particles; "It hailed for an hour"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hail \Hail\, v. i.
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hail \Hail\, n.
      A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call. [bd]Their
      puissant hail.[b8] --M. Arnold.
  
               The angel hail bestowed.                        --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hail \Hail\, interj. [See {Hail}, v. t.]
      An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or,
      occasionally, of familiar greeting. [bd]Hail, brave
      friend.[b8] --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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hail \Hail\ (h[amac]l), n. [OE. hail, ha[yogh]el, AS. h[91]gel;
      akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. hagel; Icel. hagl; cf. Gr.
      ka`chlhx pebble.]
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hail \Hail\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Halled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Halting}.] [OE. hailen, AS. haqalian.]
      To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hail \Hail\, v. t.
      To pour forcibly down, as hail. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hail \Hail\, a.
      Healthy. See {Hale} (the preferable spelling).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hail \Hail\, v. t. [OE. hailen, heilen, Icel. heil hale, sound,
      used in greeting. See {Hale} sound.]
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hale \Hale\ (h[amac]l), a. [Written also {hail}.] [OE. heil,
      Icel. heill; akin to E. whole. See {Whole}.]
      Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale
      body.
  
               Last year we thought him strong and hale. --Swift.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Hail!
      a salutation expressive of a wish for the welfare of the person
      addressed; the translation of the Greek _Chaire_, "Rejoice"
      (Luke 1:8). Used in mockery in Matt. 27:29.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Hail
      frozen rain-drops; one of the plagues of Egypt (Ex. 9:23). It is
      mentioned by Haggai as a divine judgment (Hag. 2:17). A
      hail-storm destroyed the army of the Amorites when they fought
      against Joshua (Josh. 10:11). Ezekiel represents the wall daubed
      with untempered mortar as destroyed by great hail-stones (Ezek.
      13:11). (See also 38:22; Rev. 8:7; 11:19; 16:21.)
     
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