Pail
[peɪl] or [pel]
Definition
(n.) 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.
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Definition
n. an open vessel of wood &c. for holding or carrying liquids.—n. Pail′ful as much as fills a pail.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of full pails of milk, is a sign of fair prospects and pleasant associations. An empty pail is a sign of famine, or bad crops. For a young woman to be carrying a pail, denotes household employment.
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Examples
- As she did so, the woman paused in her work and looked up curiously, resting her clenched red fists on the wet cloth she had just drawn from her pail. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Yes, I think I could do it by tying on this pail. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Uttering a few sounds with an air of melancholy, he took the pail from her head, and bore it to the cottage himself. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- In Fig. 301 is shown the liquefier of a modern liquid air plant, in which liquid air is being drawn into a pail from the liquefier. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Please move your pail, she said sharply. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Accept a ribbon red, I beg, For Madam Purrer's tail, And ice cream made by lovely Peg, A Mont Blanc in a pail. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The woman, without answering, pushed her pail aside, and continued to stare as Miss Bart swept by with a murmur of silken linings. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Thanks, I said and handed back the tin pail. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I lost sight of her; and in about a quarter of an hour she returned, bearing the pail, which was now partly filled with milk. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Therefore when Mrs. Bagnet at last appears, rosy from the invigorating pail, and sits down to her work, Mr. Bagnet growls, Old girl! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He made fast the pail to the long coil of rope, put it over the wheel, and allowed it to descend by letting the rope slip through his hands. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- If a large pail of hot soup is placed in a larger pail of cold water, the soup will gradually cool and the cold water will gradually become warmer. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Frederick Murgatroyd went by, carrying a pail of water; Joe Scott followed, dangling on his forefinger the keys of the mill. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Borrowing of Gotonthe cuisinière, a pail of water and a scrubbing-brush, I made this seat clean. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- All which Mrs. Sparsit observed in her womanly way—like the Sultan who put his head in the pail of water—merely in dipping down and coming up again. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He and Dobbin stumbled over their pails in the passages as they were scouring the decks of the Royal George. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Where are Milk-Pails Filled from Trees? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They persist in not being frightened by the gold and silver camels, and they are banded together to defy the elaborately chased ice-pails. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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