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frail

/fɹeɪl/
noun
  1. A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.

  2. The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.

  3. A rush for weaving baskets.

verb
  1. To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.

adjective
  1. Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish

  2. Weak; infirm.

  3. Mentally fragile.

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