Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones.
To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.
To pour forcibly down, as hail.
Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).
To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.
To name; to designate; to call.
To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with from; as, the steamer hails from New York.
To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from.
An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.
I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it. John F. Kennedy
I swear by that old expression, 'One monkey don't stop no show!' The reality is, we still have some good men out there, and we should hail those men as the kings they are. Angie Stone
I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it. Lyndon B. Johnson
Palin was a political Hail Mary, a long bomb in the closing minutes of a game that John McCain and Co. were certain to lose. They didn't care if she had the policy or political or emotional capacity to serve as vice president, let alone president. They were willing to drive the country off a cliff, if that's what it took to win. Dee Dee Myers
I don't know how you get dressed if you live in Wales, because it's pouring rain and then it's hot sunshine, and then it might hail. It's just so confusing. Piper Perabo
hail in Afrikaans is hael
hail in Danish is hagl
hail in Dutch is hagel
hail in Finnish is raesade
hail in German is Hagel
hail in Norwegian is praie, hagle, hagl
hail in Portuguese is granizo, saraiva
hail in Spanish is salva, granizo
hail in Swedish is hagla, hylla, hagel
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