FRAIL

frail. Frail, a. weak, liable to error; n. a basket, a rush

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Frail (frāl), n. [[OE. fraiel, fraile, OF. fraiel, freel, frael, fr. LL. fraellum.]] A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins. 2. 2. The quantity of raisins — about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, — contained in a frail.
3. 3. A rush for weaving baskets. Johnson.