The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel,
usually movable.

A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier’s wagon,
awning of a boat, etc.

To deliver, as goods in trust, for some special object or
purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be
faithfully executed on the part of the bailee, or person intrusted; as,
to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a
carrier.

The security given for the appearance of a prisoner in order
to obtain his release from custody of the officer; as, the man is out
on bail; to go bail for any one.

Custody; keeping.

To set free, or deliver from arrest, or out of custody, on
the undertaking of some other person or persons that he or they will be
responsible for the appearance, at a certain day and place, of the
person bailed.

To dip or lade water from; – often with out to express
completeness; as, to bail a boat.

To lade; to dip and throw; – usually with out; as, to
bail water out of a boat.

To deliver; to release.

The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner
from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming
surely for his appearance in court.