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bail(encyclopedia)
bail(7)(dictionary)
bail-out(dictionary)
bail(5)(dictionary)
bail(4)(dictionary)
bail(3)(dictionary)
bail(2)(dictionary)
bail(1)(dictionary)
bail(medicine)

bail(7) (iou)



bail verb3. Also (esp. sense 2) bale. E17.
[from BAIL noun3.]
verb trans. & intrans. Scoop (water) out of a boat; scoop water out of (a boat). Freq. foll. by out. E17.
verb intrans. Foll. by out: jump out of an aircraft, make an emergency descent by parachute; (of a surfer) leave the surfboard. M20.
? In sense 2 usu. spelt bale, as if the action were that of letting a bundle through a trapdoor; but also (esp. N. Amer.) spelt bail, as if the action were that of scooping out.