hail

n. A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call. “Their puissant hail.” M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

The angel hail bestowed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. hail, ha&yogh_;el, AS. hægel, hagol; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thunder mixed with hail,
Hail mixed with fire, must rend the Egyptian sky. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hailed p. pr. & vb. n. Hailing. ] [ OE. hailen, AS. hagalian. ] To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To pour forcibly down, as hail. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. hailen, heilen, Icel. heill hale, sound, used in greeting. See Hale sound. ] 1. To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To name; to designate; to call. [ 1913 Webster ]

And such a son as all men hailed me happy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from. [ Colloq. ] C. G. Halpine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An intimate companion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hail-fellow well met. Lyly. [ 1913 Webster ]