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Frail

Frail (frail)
n.(?)
Frail
[OE. fraiel, fraile, OF. fraiel, freel, frael, fr. LL. fraellum.] A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.

  1. The quantity of raisins -- about thirty- two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.
  2. A rush for weaving baskets.
    Johnson.

Frail

Frail (frail)
a.
Frail
  1. Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.

    That I may know how frail I am. Ps. xxxix. 4.

    An old bent man, worn and frail. Lowell.

  2. Tender.
    [Obs.]

    Deep indignation and compassion. Spenser.

  3. Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women.

    Man is frail, and prone to evil. Jer. Taylor.













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