frail

/fɹeɪl/ · noun

Meaning

A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.
The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.
A rush for weaving baskets.
A girl.
To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.
Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish
Weak; infirm.
Mentally fragile.
Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.

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