cail

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verb

To throw, pelt; to throw weakly.

OriginMiddle English kayl →
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Meanings

cail1

verbcail (third-person singular simple present cails, present participle cailing, simple past and past participle cailed)

present singular third person cails · participle present cailing · participle past cailed · past cailed · alternative cale · alternative kail · alternative kale

  1. dialectalTo throw, pelt; to throw weakly.
  2. dialectalTo tilt up or turn over in order to discharge a load.
  3. dialectalTo move awkwardly or uncertainly; to gambol, kick out one's heels like a colt.

Cail2

proper noun
  1. obsoleteFormer name of Kayalpatnam

Cail3

proper nounCail (plural Cails)

plural Cails

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
kayalpatnam

Origin

  1. Middle Englishkayl“a blow, stroke”
  2. Englishcail

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”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

cail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cail

MLA

“cail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cail. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cail,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cail.

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