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ere they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones. Thunder mixed with hail, Hail mixed with fire, must rend the Egyptian sky. Milton.

An intimate companion. Hail-fellow well met. Lyly.

To greet; to salute. [Obs.] P. Plowman.

Small shot which scatter like hailstones. [Obs.] Hayward.

A single particle of ice falling from a cloud; a frozen raindrop; a pellet of hail.

A storm accompanied with hail; a shower of hail.

Of hail. "Haily showers." Pope.

All health; -- a phrase of salutation or welcome.

et. [Poet.] Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came missives from the king, who all-hailed me "Thane of Cawdor." Shak.

To walk sidewise. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof.

A term used in hailing; as, "Ship ahoy."

A slave warehouse, or an inclosure where slaves are quartered temporarily. Du Chaillu.

Equally eternal. -- Co`e*ter"nal*ly, adv. Hail, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first born! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam. Milton.

amount; plentiful; abundant; fruitful. Kindly pours its copious treasures forth. Thomson. Hail, Son of God, Savior of men! thy name Shall be the copious matter of my song. Milton.

ryden. The crystal pellets at the touch congeal, And from the ground rebounds the ratting hail. H. Brooks.

A culverin. Falcon and culver on each tower Stood prompt their deadly hail to shower. Sir W. Scott.

The state of being deplored or deplorable. [R.] Bp. Hail.

To variegate or spot, as with hail. A caldron new engrailed with twenty hues. Chapman.

se masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike. What showers of mortal hail, what flaky fires! Watts. A flaky weight of winter's purest snows. Wordsworth.