Frail
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
(2): ( n.) The quantity of raisins - about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, - contained in a frail.
(3): ( superl) Tender.
(4): ( superl) Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
(5): ( n.) A rush for weaving baskets.
(6): ( superl) Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; - often applied to fallen women.
King James Dictionary [2]
Frail, a. L. fragilis, or from a different root.
1. Weak infirm liable to fail and decay subject to casualties easily destroyed perishable not firm or durable.
That I may know how frail I am. Psalms 39 .
2. Weak in mind or resolution liable to error deception.
Man is frail, and prone to evil.
3. Weak easily broken or overset as a frail bark.
Frail, n.
1. A basket made of rushes. 2. A rush for weaving baskets. 3. A certain quantity of raisins, about 75 pounds.
