Hail, subst. raindrops congealed in falling: Mids. I, 1, 244. All's V, 3, 33. Ant. III, 13, 159. Metaphorically used of any thing poured out fast and copiously, especially of language: “not a heart could scape the h. of his all-hurting aim,” Compl. 310. “as thick as h. came post with post,” Mcb. I, 3, 97 (O. Edd. tale). cf. Mids. I, 1, 244.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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