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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 456 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PAIL , a bucket, a See also:

vessel for carrying See also:water, See also:milk or other liquids, made of See also:wood or See also:metal or other material, varying in See also:size, and usually of a circular shape and somewhat wider at the See also:top than the bottom. The word is of somewhat obscure origin. The See also:present See also:form points to the O. Eng. paegel, but the sense, that of a small See also:wine-measure, a gill, is difficult to connect with the present one. The earlier forms of the word in See also:Mid. Eng. spell the word payle, paille, and this rather points to a connexion with O. Fr. paelle, payelle, a small See also:pan or See also:flat dish, from See also:Lat. patella, diminutive of See also:Patera, dish. The sense here also presents difficulties, " pail " in See also:English being always a deep vessel.

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