*aile*

n. [ F. ailette, dim. of aile wing, L. ala. ] A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who assails. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. baillé, p. p. of bailler. See Bail to deliver. ] (Law) The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In penal statutes the word includes those who receive goods for another in good faith. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) See Bailor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who bails or lades. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ The same word as bail line of palisades; cf. LL. ballium bailey, OF. bail, baille, a palisade, baillier to inclose, shut. ] 1. The outer wall of a feudal castle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester. [ Eng. ] Oxf. Gloss. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ OF. beseel, F. bisaïeul, fr. L. bis twice + LL. avolus, dim. of L. avus grandfather. ] 1. A great-grandfather. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who bewails or laments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who extorts, or endeavors to extort, money, by black mailing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the tail cut short, or naturally short; curtailed; as, a bobtailed horse or dog; a bobtailed coat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the tail cropped. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. United or fastened by a dovetailed joint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who curtails. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Dag a loose end + tail. ] Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks. “Dag-tailed sheep.” Bp. Hall.

adj. 1. Developed or executed with care and in minute detail; as, a detailed plan.
Syn. -- elaborate, elaborated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Containing details; containing subordinate parts as well as more general discussion; -- of a discourse; as, a specific and detailed account of the accident. Opposite of sketchy, general, vague.
Syn. -- circumstantial, particularized, particularised. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. having fine or intricate added decoration. [ PJC ]

n. One who details. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Untidy; sluttish; slatternly. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Indented with small concave curves, as the edge of a bordure, bend, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. unsuccessful. Opposite of successful.
Syn. -- failing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Zool.) Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailed pigeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fork-tailed flycatcher (Zool.), a tropical American flycatcher (Milvulus tyrannus). --
Fork-tailed gull (Zool.), a gull of the genus Xema, of two species, esp. X. Sabinii of the Arctic Ocean. --
Fork-tailed kite (Zool.), a graceful American kite (Elanoides forficatus); -- called also swallow-tailed kite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small swift bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regions.
Syn. -- freetail. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having all its sails set, ; hence, without restriction or reservation. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A jailer. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a lizard having a long tail with black bands (Callisaurus draconoides), which lives in the deserts of the southwestern U. S. and Mexico; called also zebra-tailed lizard. RHUD [ PJC ]

a. See with hobnails, as a shoe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wearing mail or armor; clad of armor. W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. placed in a prison; -- of people.
Syn. -- captive, confined, imprisoned. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. jailer, gailer, OF. geolier, F. geôlier. See Jail. ] The keeper of a jail or prison. [ Written also jailor, gaoler. ]

a. (Zool.) Protected by an external coat, or covering, of scales or plates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See 1st Mail. ] Spotted; speckled. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail maker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who fastens with, or drives, nails. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman who makes nails. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Naileries A factory where nails are made. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a tail like a pig's; as, the pigtailed baboon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest; -- said of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who rails; one who scoffs, insults, censures, or reproaches with opprobrious language. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rat-tailed larva (Zool.), the larva of a fly of the genus Eristalis. See Eristalis. --
Rat-tailed serpent (Zool.), the fer-de-lance. --
Rat-tailed shrew (Zool.), the musk shrew. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a red tail. [ 1913 Webster ]

Red-tailed hawk (Zool.), a large North American hawk (Buteo borealis). When adult its tail is chestnut red. Called also hen hawck, and red-tailed buzzard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who retails anything; as, a retailer of merchandise; a retailer of gossip; -- used also of businesses, including large corporations; as, Sears, Roebuck is one the the country's largest retailers. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. (Zool.) Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ring-tailed cat (Zool.), the cacomixle. --
Ring-tailed eagle (Zool.), a young golden eagle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A sailor. [ R. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A ship or other vessel; -- with qualifying words descriptive of speed or manner of sailing; as, a heavy sailer; a fast sailer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spine-tailed swift. (Zool.) See Spinetail (a). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid. [ 1913 Webster ]