FRAIL

frail

Noun

  1. A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
  2. The quantity of raisins contained in a frail.
  3. A rush for weaving baskets.
  4. A girl.

Verb

  1. To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.

Adjective

  1. Easily broken; mentally or physically fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
  2. Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.


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