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Definition of Drail
1. v. t. & i. To trail; to draggle.
Definition of Drail
1. Verb. (obsolete) To trail; to draggle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drail
1. a heavy fishhook [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drail
Literary usage of Drail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections by Smithsonian Institution (1882)
"Bluefish-drail. JH Bartlett & Sons, New Bedford, Mass. 25537. ... Bluefish-drail.
Made at sea from jaw-bone of sperm-whale (Plty- ..."
2. On the Zoological Position of Texas by Edward Drinker Cope (1880)
"Bass and bluefish drail. Elisha Cook, Provincetown, Mass. 29425. ... Bluefish-drail.
Made at sea from jaw-bone of sperm-whale (Physeter ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"*Ak. Dray [drail. зb. (1) A squirrel's nest. ' A boy has taken three little
squirrels in their nest, or drey, as it is called iu those parts. ..."
4. Bibliography of the Fishes of the Pacific Coast of the United States to the by Theodore Gill (1882)
"Bluefish-drail. Provincetown style. Lemuel Cook, 2d, Provine- town, Mass. 25555.
... Bluefish-drail. Wm. II. Young, Brooklyn, NY Peculiar to ..."
5. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"... [drail], sb. a land-rail . N. and Q. 1st Ser. x. 400. (A mere contraction.)
Drash [drash], v. to thrash.—Wise. ..."
6. A Glossary of Berkshire Words and Phrases by Job Lowsley, Barzillai Lowsley (1888)
"N. IT. Drag [drag], sb. a heavy harrow.—NH Drag, va to harrow with a drag.—ÜT.
H. Draggle-tail [drag-1-tail], si. a slattern.—J. drail ..."
7. Tiw: Or, A View of the Roots and Stems of the English as a Teutonic Tongue by William Barnes (1862)
"... drail, w. a drawing-iron of a plough. DRILL, a man, to draw or decoy him. —R.
Stems. Dreary, dragging. T DW*NG. O dwindle. ..."
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