TO RAISE HAIL (or NED, or CAIN, or HELL), verb. phr. (American).—To make a disturbance; to kick up a row.
1888. Portland Transcript, 7 March. He is determined that they shall have a clear deed to one hundred and sixty acres of land when the question is settled, or he will RAISE HAIL.
TO BE HAIL FELLOW WELL MET, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To be on very easy terms: also AT HAIL-FELLOW.
1599. JOSEPH HALL, Satires, III., i., p. 40.
| Now man, that erst HAILE-FELLOW was with beast, | |
| Woxe on to weene himselfe a God at least. |
1665. Homer à la Mode [Quoted by NARES].
| The cookes too, having done, were set | |
| At table HAY FELLOW WELL MET. |
1728. SWIFT, My Lady’s Lamentation and Complaint Against the Dean.
| HAIL FELLOW, WELL MET, | |
| All dirty and wet: | |
| Find out, if you can, | |
| Who ’s master, who ’s man. |
1886. R. L. STEVENSON, Kidnapped, p. 108. And at first he sings small, and is HAIL-FELLOW-WELL-MET with Sheamus—that’s James of the Glens, my chieftain’s agent.
TO BE HAILED FOR THE LAST TIME, verb. phr. (nautical).—To die. For synonyms, see ALOFT.
1891. W. C. RUSSELL, An Ocean Tragedy, p. 322. He’s BEEN HAILED FOR THE LAST TIME.
