·noun A rush for weaving baskets.
III. Frail ·noun A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
IV. Frail ·noun The quantity of raisins - about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, - contained in a frail.
V. Frail ·superl Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
VI. Frail ·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.