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Hail   /heɪl/   Listen
Hail

noun
1.
Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
2.
Many objects thrown forcefully through the air.  "A hail of bullets"
3.
Enthusiastic greeting.
verb
(past & past part. hailed; pres. part. hailing)
1.
Praise vociferously.  Synonyms: acclaim, herald.
2.
Be a native of.  Synonym: come.
3.
Call for.
4.
Greet enthusiastically or joyfully.  Synonym: herald.
5.
Precipitate as small ice particles.



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"Hail" Quotes from Famous Books



... all painted out. The boat floatin' out on the pale golden green light, and Arthur a-layin' there with the three queens a-weepin' over him. A-floatin' on to the island valley of Avilion, "Where falls not hail nor ...
— Samantha at the World's Fair • Marietta Holley

... the matter reaches beyond the suggestions of national interest, and has a wider scope than the mere sentiment of patriotism. We have hoped that this republic might make the easy effort necessary to grasp a prize so magnificent, but we shall hail with satisfaction the actual commencement of such a work, wherever and ...
— The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 • Various

... Luke Marner's legs had carried him so fast as they now did into Marsden. The driving rain and hail which beat against him seemed unheeded as he ran down the hill at the top of his speed. He stopped at the doctor's and went in. Two or three minutes after the arrival of this late visitor Dr. Green's housekeeper was astonished at hearing the ...
— Through the Fray - A Tale of the Luddite Riots • G. A. Henty

... defiance, assailed the on-coming boats with every description of missile they could lay hands on, not excepting that most dangerous of all casual ammunition, broken bottles. The Shrewsbury's mate fell, seriously wounded, and finding themselves unable to face the terrible hail of missiles, the boats drew off. Night now came on, rendering further attempts temporarily impossible—a respite of which the Indiaman's crew availed themselves to confine the master and break open the arms-chest, which he had taken the precaution to nail down. With morning the ...
— The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore • John R. Hutchinson

... Pennsylvania, rich in revolutionary lore, bringing with her the deathless names of FRANKLIN and MORRIS, and, I trust, ready to renew from the belfry of Independence Hall the chimes of the old bell, which announced Freedom and Independence in former days. All hail to North Carolina! with her Mecklenberg Declaration in her hand, standing erect on the ground of her own probity and firmness in the cause of public liberty, and represented in her attributes by her MACON, and in this ...
— A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention • Lucius Eugene Chittenden


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