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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pail \Pail\, n. [OE. paile, AS p[ae]gel a wine vessel, a pail,
akin to D. & G. pegel a watermark, a gauge rod, a measure of
wine, Dan. p[ae]gel half a pint.]
A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having
a bail, -- used esp. for carrying liquids, as water or milk,
etc.; a bucket. It may or may not have a cover. --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
pail
n 1: an open-topped and roughly cylindrical vessel [syn: {bucket}]
2: the quantity contained in a pail [syn: {pailful}]
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