AIL
garlic, ail
(noun) aromatic bulb used as seasoning
trouble, ail, pain
(verb) cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
ail
(verb) be ill or unwell
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
ail (third-person singular simple present ails, present participle ailing, simple past and past participle ailed)
(transitive) To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
(intransitive) To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
Noun
ail (plural ails)
(obsolete) An ailment; trouble; illness.
Etymology 2
Adjective
ail (comparative ailer or more ail, superlative ailest or most ail)
(obsolete) Painful; troublesome.
Etymology 3
Noun
ail (plural ails)
The awn of barley or other types of corn.
Anagrams
• -ial, Ali, IAL, LIA, Lai, ali-, lai
Source: Wiktionary
Ail, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Ailing.] Etym: [OE. eilen, ailen, AS. eglan to trouble, pain; akin to Goth. us-agljan to distress, agls troublesome, irksome, aglo, aglitha, pain, and prob. to E. awe.
Definition: To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental; to trouble; to be the matter with; -- used to express some uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man I know not what ails him. What aileth thee, Hagar Gen. xxi. 17.
Note: It is never used to express a specific disease. We do not say, a fever ails him; but, something ails him.
Ail, v. i.
Definition: To be affected with pain or uneasiness of any sort; to be ill or indisposed or in trouble. When he ails ever so little . . . he is so peevish. Richardson.
Ail, n.
Definition: Indisposition or morbid affection. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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