vt to pour forcibly down, as hail.
2. hail ·adj healthy. ·see hale (the preferable spelling).
3. hail ·noun a wish of health; a salutation; a loud call.
4. hail ·vi to pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.
5. hail ·vt an exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.
6. hail ·vt to name; to designate; to call.
7. hail ·vi to report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come;
with from.
8. hail ·vt to call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.
9. hail ·noun 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.
10. hail ·vi 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.