"cail" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: cails [present, singular, third-person], cailing [participle, present], cailed [participle, past], cailed [past]
Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps from or related to Middle English kayl (“a blow, stroke”). Compare Middle English quale (“death, destruction”), from Old English cwalu (“a quelling with weapons, torment, a violent death, slaughter, destruction”). Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{der|en|enm|kayl|t=a blow, stroke}} Middle English kayl (“a blow, stroke”), {{cog|enm|quale|t=death, destruction}} Middle English quale (“death, destruction”), {{cog|ang|cwalu|t=a quelling with weapons, torment, a violent death, slaughter, destruction}} Old English cwalu (“a quelling with weapons, torment, a violent death, slaughter, destruction”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} cail (third-person singular simple present cails, present participle cailing, simple past and past participle cailed)
  1. (dialectal) To throw, pelt; to throw weakly. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-cail-en-verb-4rc6uoq6
  2. (dialectal, of a cart) To tilt up or turn over in order to discharge a load. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-cail-en-verb-d7mLTQzA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 60 37
  3. (dialectal) To move awkwardly or uncertainly; to gambol, kick out one's heels like a colt. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-cail-en-verb-cIcSUPNr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cale, kail, kale Derived forms: cail along

Noun [Old French]

Forms: cail oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], cauz [oblique, plural], cailz [oblique, plural], cauz [nominative, singular], cailz [nominative, singular], cail [nominative, plural]
Etymology: From Gaulish cagiíum (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“hedge”)). Etymology templates: {{der|fro|cel-gau|cagiíum|t=enclosure}} Gaulish cagiíum (“enclosure”), {{der|fro|cel-pro|*kagyom|t=pen, enclosure}} Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”), {{cog|cy|cae|t=hedge}} Welsh cae (“hedge”) Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} cail oblique singular, m (oblique plural cauz or cailz, nominative singular cauz or cailz, nominative plural cail)
  1. quay; wharf Synonyms: quail, cai, cay, gué, kai, kay
    Sense id: en-cail-fro-noun-XMwhKSUI Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header

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