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.