frail
n.
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A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
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The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.
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A rush for weaving baskets.
frail
a.
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Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
That I may know how frail I am.
An old bent man, worn and frail.
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Tender. [Obs.]
Deep indignation and compassion frail.
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Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women.
Man is frail, and prone to evil.