8 entries under this word
[A-S. hagal, hagol, hagul, hägel, Icel. hagall, hagl, O. H. Ger. hagal, N. H. Ger., D., Dan., & Sw. hagel.] Frozen rain, or grains and lumps of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The pieces of ice, considered separately, are called hailstones.
[imp. & p. p. HAILED; p. pr. & vb. n. HAILING.] [A-S. hagolan, M. D. hagglen, Ger. hageln. See supra.] To pour down masses of ice or frozen vapors.
To pour down, as hail. Shak.
a. Healthy; sound. See HALE.
[See infra.] An exclamation, usually of respectful, and sometimes of reverent, salutation; occasionally, of familiar greeting. “Hail, brave friend.” Shak.
n. [A-S. hāl, hālo, hālu, safety; Ger. heil. See HAIL, a., and HALE, a. and n.] A wish of health; a salutation.
The angel hail bestowed. Milton.
v. t. [O. H. Ger. halôn, holôn, to call; N. H. Ger. holen, to fetch, to hail, allied to Lat. calare, Gr. καλεῖν, to call; q. v.]
And such a son as all men hailed me happy. Milton.
v. i. To report one's self, as when hailed from another ship at sea; especially in the phrase to hail from, to report as one's home.