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Webster 1913 Edition


Bailer

Bail′er

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Noun.
(Law)
See
Bailor
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Bail′er

,
Noun.
1.
One who bails or lades.
2.
A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bailer

BA'ILER


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bailer

bailer

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Noun

bailer (plural bailers)

  1. one who bails or lades.
  2. a utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.
    • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter IV, p. 50,
      [] he had them help him fashion a mast from the sweep and attach wire stays to it and tear the jib to the shape he desired and make a bailer from canvas and wire and bent wood.
    • 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 10,
      Two bits was the top price that old Jenny knew. She asked two bits for everything she had to sell, were it canoe-bailer, eagle's wing, cedar-bark basket or woven mat.
  3. (law) Alternative form of bailor

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