Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
The person providing such payment.
A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
A person who bails water out of a boat.
Custody; keeping.
A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).
A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).
A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.
A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.
A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.
One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.
To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
To release a person under such guarantee.
To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
To set free; to deliver; to release.
To exit quickly.
To fail to meet a commitment.
To secure the head of a cow during milking.
To confine.
To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up. (Usually with up.)
evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
suffering, woe, torment.
A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.
A funeral pyre.
A beacon-fire.
A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
A bundle of compressed wool or hay, compacted for shipping and handling.
A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).
A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.
To wrap into a bale.
To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.
