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Hail Hail (h[=a]l), n. [OE. hail, ha[yogh]el, AS. h[ae]gel, 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]

Hail Hail, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hailed (h[=a]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Hailing.] [OE. hailen, AS. hagalian.] To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors. [1913 Webster]

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

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

Hail Hail, 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]

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. [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]

Hail Hail, interj. [See Hail, v. t.] An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting. ``Hail, brave friend. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

{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}. [1913 Webster]

Hail 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]