Chapter Hæmatoscope to Hail of H by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Hail
(Hail), v. t. To pour forcibly down, as hail. Shak.

Hail
(Hail), a. Healthy. See Hale

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.

2. To name; to designate; to call.

And such a son as all men hailed me happy.

Milton.

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.

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

Hail
(Hail), interj. [See Hail, v. t.] An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting. "Hail, brave friend." Shak.

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.

Hail
(Hail), n. A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call. "Their puissant hail." M. Arnold.

The angel hail bestowed.

Milton.