hail² /hāl/

1. To greet
2. To address, accost
3. To call to from a distance
4. To summon to stop or come
5. To acclaim or praise (esp in passive; usu with as)

Of greeting or salutation

1. A call from a distance
2. A greeting
3. Earshot, esp in the phrase within hail
4. Health (obsolete)

Sound, hale

hailˈer noun

hailˈ-fellow(-well-metˈ) adjective

Readily or excessively friendly and familiar (also noun and adverb)

hail Mary noun

(a recital of) the English version of the ave Maria

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