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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hail(l, n. ¹ Also: haile, hayle, hayill, hale. [ME. hail, OE. hæᵹl.] Hail.(a) a1400 Leg. S. xiii. 181.
Gret haile fel c1400 Troy-bk. i. 413.
Rayne and haile c1420 Wynt. iv. 1644.
Bathe hayle and tempest a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 6.
Schouris of haill can fra the North discend a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 684.
Clowis of clene maill Hoppit out as the haill c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxix. 7.
With wind, with haill, and havy schouris 1531 Bell. Boece I. 274 (S.T.S.).
Ane schoure of hayill 15.. Clar. iv. 1612.
Leavis hinging full of silver haillfig. c1500-c1512 Dunb. iv. 70.
[Death] has Blind Hary, … Slaine with his schour of mortall haill(b) 1560 Rolland Seven S. 3340.
Fyreflauchts, hale and raine Ib. 3408. ?1438 Alex. i. 1649.
The Turkis with arrowis braid Schott thikker weill than hale or snaw