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Crail

kreɪl
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Crail
    krāl A creel or osier basket.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) crail
    Same as creel.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary See Creel

Usage in the news

Photo by Charr Crail . davisenterprise.com

Witnesses saw Booker Latangle Floyd, 34, of the 100 block of Crail Drive, with his pants down and exposing himself toward traffic on Washington Road near Baston Road. newstimes.augusta.com

Adam Crail, 17, and his sister Rachel, 14, fasten their seat belt s in the back of their parent's SUV at the Hinsdale Oasis on the Illinois Tollway on Wednesday. ktuu.com

Usage in literature

CRAIL, a little old-fashioned town near the East Neuk of Fife, where James Sharp was minister; a decayed fishing-place, now a summer resort. "The Nuttall Encyclopaedia" by Edited by Rev. James Wood

Knox meanwhile preached in Crail and Anstruther, with the usual results. "John Knox and the Reformation" by Andrew Lang

Erskine Conolly was born at Crail, Fifeshire, on the 12th of June 1796. "The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III" by Various

Crail is an out-of-the-way place. "The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852" by Various

The tower resembles the one at Wester Crail, and both are of fifteenth century date. "Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys" by Dugald Butler and Herbert Story

Erskine Conolly was born at Crail, Fifeshire, on the 12th of June 1796. "The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volumes I-VI." by Various

Walter Crail, appearing from somewhere, sprang up on the parapet facing the general. "Pipefuls" by Christopher Morley

Dr. Turner and Dr. Craile are both with him. "The Wooden Horse" by Hugh Walpole

In Baillie he makes his first appearance as the Presbyterian minister of Crail, and as one of the honest chronicler's greatest favourites. "Leading Articles on Various Subjects" by Hugh Miller

The good Bailie of Crail breathed thickly, and he took my grandfather by the hand, his whole frame trembling with a passion of grief and rage. "Ringan Gilhaize" by John Galt