Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pail"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pail \Pail\, n. [OE. paile, AS. p[ae]gel a wine vessel, a pail,
akin to D. & G. pegel a watermark, a gauge rod, a measure of
wine, Dan. p[ae]gel half a pint.]
A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having
a bail, -- used esp. for carrying liquids, as water or milk,
etc.; a bucket. It may, or may not, have a cover. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pail
n 1: a roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top [syn: {bucket}]
2: the quantity contained in a pail [syn: {pailful}]
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