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pail


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pail 
  n  1:  an  open-topped  and  roughly  cylindrical  vessel  [syn:  {bucket}] 
  2:  the  quantity  contained  in  a  pail  [syn:  {pailful}] 




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