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Entry 6 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

frail

/(frāl)/ · IPA /fɹeɪl/
01 n. A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
  1. 1.
    A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
  2. 2.
    The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.
  3. 3.
    A rush for weaving baskets.
02 a. Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
  1. 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. 2.
    Tender.[Obs.]
    “Deep indignation and compassion frail.” — Spenser.
  3. 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.