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adj
Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
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adj
Weak; infirm.
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adj
In an infirm state leading one to be easily subject to disease or other health problems, especially regarding the elderly.
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Topics: medicine, sciences
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adj
Mentally fragile.
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adj
Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.
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noun
A girl.
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Usage: dated, slang
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noun
A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.
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noun
The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.
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noun
A rush for weaving baskets.
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noun
Synonym of farasola (“old unit of weight”).
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noun
Synonym of flail.
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Usage: England, dialectal, obsolete
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verb
To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.
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adjective
physically weak
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adjective satellite
easily broken or damaged or destroyed
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Synonyms: delicate, fragile
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adjective satellite
wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
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Synonyms: fallible, imperfect, weak
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noun
a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
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Broader terms: basket, handbasket
noun
the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
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Broader terms: weight unit, weight
History
From Middle English frele, fraill, from Old French fraile, from Latin fragilis. Cognate to fraction, fracture, and doublet of fragile.
From Middle English frayel, from Old French frael, fraiel, of unknown origin; possibly a dissimilatory variant of flael, flaiel (“flail”).
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