BAIGNOIRE
Bai`gnoire", n. [Written also baignoir.] [F., lit., bath tub.]
Defn: A box of the lowest tier in a theater. Du Maurier.
BAIL Bail, n. Etym: [F. baille a bucket, pail; cf. LL. bacula, dim. of bacca a sort of vessel. Cf. Bac.]
Defn: A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat. [Obs.]
The bail of a canoe . . . made of a human skull. Capt. Cook.
BAIL
Bail, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bailed (p. pr. & vb. n. Bailing.]
1. To lade; to dip and throw; — usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat. Buckets . . . to bail out the water. Capt. J. Smith.
2. To dip or lade water from; — often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat. By the help of a small bucket and our hats we bailed her out. R. H. Dana, Jr.
BAIL Bail, v. Etym: [OF. bailler to give, to deliver, fr. L. bajulare to bear a burden, keep in custody, fr. bajulus
1. To deliver; to release. [Obs.] Ne none there was to rescue her, ne none to bail. Spenser.
2. (Law) (a) 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.