Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bailed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Bail \Bail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bailed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bailing}.]
1. To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, to
bail water out of a boat.

Buckets . . . to bail out the water. --Capt. J.
Smith.

2. To dip or lade water from; -- often with out to express
completeness; as, to bail a boat.

By the help of a small bucket and our hats we bailed
her out. --R. H. Dana,
Jr.

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