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19th episode of the 3rd season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
"Failed Experiments" is the nineteenth episode of the third season of the American television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Based on the Marvel Comics
Failed_Experiments
Not meeting a desired or intended objective
hypotheses can be said to fail when they lead to predictions that do not match the results found in experiments. Alternatively, experiments can be regarded as
Failure
1887 investigation of the speed of light
order to explain the Trouton–Noble experiment, the Experiments of Rayleigh and Brace, and Kaufmann's experiments. It has the form x ′ = γ φ ( x − v t
Michelson–Morley_experiment
2009 Sony Pictures Animation film
inventor named Flint Lockwood (Hader) who, following a series of failed experiments, develops a machine that can convert water into food. When the machine
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film)
Cloudy_with_a_Chance_of_Meatballs_(film)
1998 television anime series
Serial Experiments Lain Review". Archived from the original on June 10, 2008. Serial Experiments Lain, Layer 08: RUMORS "List of Serial Experiments Lain
Serial_Experiments_Lain
2000 box set by Guided by Voices
Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft is a four-CD box set released by Guided by Voices in 2000. Named for the reputed literal suitcase in
Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft
Suitcase:_Failed_Experiments_and_Trashed_Aircraft
Statistical error, form of sampling bias
winnow out the typically failed experiments, while encouraging the lucky successes to continue testing. He postulated that experiments confirming the null
Survivorship_bias
1962 film by Joseph Green
days, along with a lumbering, malformed brute (one of his earlier failed experiments) imprisoned in a closet. The specific plot device of a mad doctor
The_Brain_That_Wouldn't_Die
Type of thermometer
thermometer, the precursor to in-glass thermometers. Later, in the 1650s, failed experiments were run to determine if mercury might be a superior substitute for
Mercury-in-glass_thermometer
1960s U.S. military recruitment program
contemporary recruitment shortfall, concluded that "Project 100,000 was a failed experiment. It proved to be a distraction for the military and of little benefit
Project_100,000
1992 studio album by Guided by Voices
later released on Bee Thousand; this version appears on Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft) "Sopor Joe" (released on King Shit and the Golden
Propeller (Guided by Voices album)
Propeller_(Guided_by_Voices_album)
Psychic ability
history of research into psi is littered with failed experiments, ambiguous experiments, and experiments which are claimed as great successes but are quickly
Telepathy
American far-right blogger (born 1973)
which he started in 2020, he argues that American democracy is a failed experiment that should be replaced by an accountable monarchy, similar to the
Curtis_Yarvin
1971 psychological experiment
example of an unethical psychological experiment, and the harm inflicted on the participants in this and other experiments during the post-World War II era
Stanford_prison_experiment
Series of psychology studies
conformity laboratory experiments at Swarthmore College, laying the foundation for his remaining conformity studies. The experiment was published on two
Asch_conformity_experiments
1981 studio album by Four Tops
a short period of commercial a decline in the 1970s, as well as a failed experiment at recording with former Motown associates Holland–Dozier–Holland
Tonight!_(album)
Political party in Saudi Arabia
"aggressive". The idea of the opposition party was established through failed experiments or practices that preceded it (Islamist or Leftist), whether they
National_Assembly_Party
Isolating infants from normal language
Language deprivation experiments have been claimed to have been attempted at least four times through history, isolating infants from the normal use of
Language deprivation experiments
Language_deprivation_experiments
Character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
same name. Banner is depicted as a genius physicist who, after a failed experiment to replicate a super soldier program using gamma radiation, metamorphoses
Bruce Banner (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Bruce_Banner_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)
experiments "The Top 10 Science Experiments of All Time". Discover Magazine. Retrieved 2025-06-03. Turner, Ben (2024-10-18). "32 physics experiments that
List_of_experiments
human radiation experiments, injections of toxic and radioactive chemicals, surgical experiments, interrogation and torture experiments, tests which involve
Unethical human experimentation in the United States
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of the W3C's working group for DNT, argued that the concept is a "failed experiment". In 2020, a coalition of US-based internet companies announced the
Do_Not_Track
2003 South Korean film by Jang Jun-hwan
Kang, their king. Disillusioned by humanity, he declares Earth a failed experiment and obliterates it. Shin Ha-kyun as Lee Byeong-gu Baek Yoon-sik as
Save_the_Green_Planet!
2021 video game
Spanish flu a century ago; the four lords, Lycans, and Eveline were all failed experiments. Rose, however, is a suitable host, due to her special abilities inherited
Resident_Evil_Village
1903 New York Times editorial
flying machine. It was written in response to Samuel Langley's failed airplane experiment two days prior. Sixty-nine days after the article's publication
Flying Machines Which Do Not Fly
Flying_Machines_Which_Do_Not_Fly
Motor vehicle
successor". George, Patrick. "The 8-Series Was One Of BMW's Best Failed Experiments". Jalopnik. Retrieved 25 August 2018. "8 Series: The Most Underrated
BMW_8_Series
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
2013. Retrieved 4 August 2017. "The 8-Series Was One Of BMW's Best Failed Experiments". www.jalopnik.com. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2017. "1989 BMW
BMW_M70
British entrepreneur (born 1959)
off". Paphitis voted for Brexit in 2016, describing the EU as a "failed experiment". "Theo Paphitis reveals he lost his mother to coronavirus". Cyprus
Theo_Paphitis
Pseudoscientific test for extrasensory perception (ESP)
ganzfeld experiments, and they jointly specified what those standards should be. In 1982, Honorton had started a series of "autoganzfeld experiments", that
Ganzfeld_experiment
1979 novel by Frank Herbert
going nova, the implication being that these planets were other, failed experiments by Ship to establish a relationship with human beings. Ship refers
The_Jesus_Incident
2012 tax cut in the US state of Kansas
experiment", "the tax experiment in Kansas", and "one of the cleanest experiments for how tax cuts affect economic growth in the U.S." The cuts were based
Kansas_experiment
Russian orbital mirror experiments in the 1990s
project consisted of two experiments: the Znamya 2 experiment and the failed Znamya 2.5, plus the proposed Znamya 3. After the failed deployment of the Znamya
Znamya_(satellite)
Australian animated web-series
Kingdom Cum and ejected into space along with the remains of his failed experiment. After crash landing on an island off the coast of Australia, Clarence
The_Big_Lez_Show
American chemist
synthesis for almost four years. These years had seen a succession of failed experiments, an increasingly impatient management, and a complex blend of sharing
Tracy_Hall
Mass found trapped in or adjacent to the gastrointestinal system
considered to be real. The increasing skepticism, counterfeit stones, failed experiments, and advancements in medicine led to a decline in bezoars in Western
Bezoar
1935 book by R.A. Fisher
for designing experiments. These ideas, first applied to agricultural trials, were presented systematically in The Design of Experiments, helping to formalize
The_Design_of_Experiments
Association football club in Stoke-on-Trent, England
relegated back into League Two at the end of the 2016–17 season after a failed experiment with a continental staff and playing style. Carol Shanahan bought
Port_Vale_F.C.
Palace. The device was designed to conduct three experiments, two of which failed. The first failed one was intended to test seed growth in microgravity
PUGAS
Topics referred to by the same term
Blaster, a fictitious band on the 2000 compilation album Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft by Guided by Voices "Ghetto Blaster", a video
Ghettoblaster (disambiguation)
Ghettoblaster_(disambiguation)
1971 novel by Hunter S. Thompson
Shark Hunt, Thompson refers to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as "a failed experiment in the gonzo journalism" he practiced, which was based on William
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear_and_Loathing_in_Las_Vegas
Claimed form of extrasensory perception
Not only did she fail when I took charge of the experiments, but she failed equally when four other carefully trained experimenters took my place." Remote
Clairvoyance
1981 studio album by Cabaret Voltaire
portion of [Cabaret Voltaire]'s studio output, Red Mecca features no failed experiments or anything that could be merely cast off as 'interesting.' It's a
Red_Mecca
2015 novel by Seth Grahame-Smith
to invest. Hughes ultimately dies for the final time in 1976 after failed experiments on himself. In 1959, Virginia Dare collaborates with the Soviet Union
The_Last_American_Vampire
1990 American TV series or program
Boumdeay (voiced by Kath Soucie) – Tara is one of Dr. Gangreen's failed experiments, a tomato who took on a teenage humanoid form. She abandoned his evil
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (TV series)
Attack_of_the_Killer_Tomatoes_(TV_series)
2002 studio album by Guttermouth
longtime fans, and would later be regarded by the band as somewhat of a failed experiment. All songs written by Guttermouth. "Camp Fire Girl #62" 2:55 "Scholarship
Gusto_(album)
Twin study
medical study, supposedly conducted in the second half of the 18th century, failed to prove that coffee was a dangerous beverage. In Sweden, coffee was banned
Gustav III of Sweden's coffee experiment
Gustav_III_of_Sweden's_coffee_experiment
1979 American horror film by Gregory Goodell
"Human Experiments (1979)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 8, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2018. "Human Experiments". British
Human_Experiments
1970 study on delayed gratification
child. In this experiment the same "think food rewards" were given to the children as in experiment 2. The three separate experiments demonstrate a number
Stanford marshmallow experiment
Stanford_marshmallow_experiment
American actor and Vietnam War veteran
on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, and played one of Herbert West's failed experiments in Bride of Re-Animator. Craig was married twice, and had six children
Noble_Craig
Topics referred to by the same term
(Keb' Mo' album) (2006) Suitcase (Neil Arthur album) (1994) Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft, a 2000 CD box set by Guided by Voices, followed
Suitcase_(disambiguation)
Social phenomenon by which being observed causes behavioral changes
two additional experiments to study the phenomenon: the mass interviewing experiment (1928–1930) and the bank wiring observation experiment (1931–32). Henry
Hawthorne_effect
Principles for ethical human research
their experiments differed little from those used before the war, and that there was no law that differentiated between legal and illegal experiments. This
Nuremberg_Code
2006 Indian science fiction film
Two years earlier, his friend and colleague Sanjay died during a failed experiment. Despite the tragedy, Siddharth continues to believe in the project’s
Jaane_Hoga_Kya
British political activist and author
also maintained a blog at LEAP Economics. He is the author of The Failed Experiment: And How to Build an Economy that Works, a book published in 2014
Andrew Fisher (political activist)
Andrew_Fisher_(political_activist)
2010 American film
about an experiment which resembles Philip Zimbardo's Stanford prison experiment in 1971. The film is a remake of the 2001 German film Das Experiment, which
The_Experiment_(2010_film)
Japanese manga series
only successful humanoid creations. It is implied that one of his failed experiments ended up killing him, as he was found dead when Kuro arrived, rescuing
Shoulder-a-Coffin_Kuro
American physicist (1910–1989)
electrical field on a semiconductor to affect its conductivity. These experiments failed every time in all sorts of configurations and materials. The group
William_Shockley
2004 studio album by Mos Def
of Mos Def's usual "warmth and wit". NME deemed some of the songs failed experiments but also highlighted "Boogie Man Song", "Modern Marvel", and "Champion
The_New_Danger
Amateur radio high altitude balloons
Balloon Experiments with Amateur Radio (BEAR) is a series of Canadian-based amateur radio high-altitude balloon experiments by a group of amateur radio
Balloon Experiments with Amateur Radio
Balloon_Experiments_with_Amateur_Radio
2020 American film
bathroom that Vern informs him is actually a chamber where he kills failed experiments with Zyklon B. Vern turns on the gas and leaves; however, Carlos manages
Stay_Out_of_the_Attic
Australian children's and teen's author
(2017) My Life and Other Weaponized Muffins (2017) My Life and Other Failed Experiments (2018) Detention (2019) Ginger Meggs (with Jason Chatfield) (2021)
Tristan_Bancks
Armenian political activist and politologist
authorities, calling the unrecognised Nagorno-Karabakh Republic "a failed experiment" and criticising its authorities for not being able to come up with
Igor_Muradyan
2003 video game
for failed BOWs until it was recently lost in a biohazardous outbreak. Deeper in the facility, Fong Ling has escaped from "Pluto", a failed experiment that
Resident_Evil:_Dead_Aim
Video game character
antagonist Doctor Neo Cortex and soon escaped from Cortex's castle after a failed experiment in the "Cortex Vortex". Throughout the series, Crash acts as the opposition
Crash_Bandicoot_(character)
American animated superhero television series
who had lots of ideas on how to change the world, but one of his failed experiments resulted in an explosion that broke his temporoparietal junction,
Big_Hero_6:_The_Series
version of the Primitives are the result of Hive and Holden Radcliffe's failed experiments to turn humans into Inhumans through a pathogen created from a combination
List of species and races in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
List_of_species_and_races_in_the_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe
2018 film directed by Sam Liu
Superman flies away. Meanwhile, a clone of Superman survives numerous failed experiments from LexCorp, Irons forges his own Superman suit from steel, Superman's
The_Death_of_Superman_(film)
2004 Indian film by Mani Shankar
September 2025. Kulkarni, Ronjita (13 February 2004). "Bipasha's failed experiment". Rediff.com. Retrieved 13 September 2025. Review at scifilm.org includes
Rudraksh_(film)
CIA program involving illegal experimentation on human test subjects (1953–1972)
mescaline were employed in experiments conducted on Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Jewish, and other prisoners of war. These experiments aimed to develop a truth
MKUltra
Type of pedestrian crossing
General Directions 1969 (SI 1969/888). This was after the earlier failed experiment of the panda crossing. Previously only zebra crossings had been used
Pelican_crossing
British documentary on a psychological experiment
The Experiment is a 2002 BBC documentary series in which 15 men are randomly selected to be either "prisoner" or guard, contained in a simulated prison
The_Experiment
1975 Italian crime film
film critic and historian Roberto Curti stated that the film was a "failed experiment" noting that most of the films gags are not funny and that the film
Loaded_Guns
1986 studio album by Van Halen
C+, which signifies "a not disreputable performance, most likely a failed experiment or a pleasant piece of hackwork." He wondered how "the guitar mavens
5150_(album)
English botanist
medicine, began experimenting in the emerging science of genetics under the guidance of his friend William Bateson. After several failed experiments with a range
Redcliffe_Salaman
Human experimentation conducted by US doctors in Guatemala
Guatemala syphilis experiments were United States-led human experiments conducted in Guatemala from 1946 to 1948. The experiments were led by physician
Guatemala syphilis experiments
Guatemala_syphilis_experiments
American baseball player and coach (born 1947)
the San Francisco Chronicle, he described his use of steroids as "a failed experiment", although he increased from around 190 pounds to around 220 while
Tom_House
1967 studio album by Four Tops
five stars, with critic Andrew Hamilton considering this album a failed experiment that Motown should have stopped, but calling the cover of "Make Someone
On_Broadway_(Four_Tops_album)
Study of paranormal and psychic phenomena
history of research into psi is littered with failed experiments, ambiguous experiments, and experiments which are claimed as great successes but are quickly
Parapsychology
2017 Japanese film
obsessively use the flower to transform all humans into witches. When their experiments failed, Charlotte escaped Endor, taking the flower with her. Charlotte begs
Mary_and_the_Witch's_Flower
Book by Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer
their first chapter, "Understanding Experiment", that they wish to answer the question, "Why does one do experiments in order to arrive at scientific truth
Leviathan_and_the_Air-Pump
1999 non-fiction book by Eileen Welsome
Medical Experiments in the Cold War is a 1999 book by Eileen Welsome. It is a history of United States government-engineered radiation experiments on unwitting
The_Plutonium_Files
in Disney Parks, usually in events with other experiments. The genetic experiments (or simply experiments) are genetically engineered alien creatures created
List of Lilo & Stitch characters
List_of_Lilo_&_Stitch_characters
Experiments examining the average path length for social networks
The small-world experiment comprised several experiments conducted by Stanley Milgram and other researchers examining the average path length for social
Small-world_experiment
1968 studio album by Vanilla Fudge
notes of Sundazed Music' 1990 CD reissue, the band denounces it as a failed experiment on the producer's part. The Fudge's third album, Renaissance, released
The Beat Goes On (Vanilla Fudge album)
The_Beat_Goes_On_(Vanilla_Fudge_album)
Austrian biologist and friar (1822–1884)
and plants could favor certain desirable traits, Mendel's pea plant experiments conducted between 1856 and 1863 established many of the rules of heredity
Gregor_Mendel
Business management concept
Fail fast, also sometimes termed fail often or fail cheap, is a business management concept and theory of organizational psychology that argues businesses
Fail_fast_(business)
Japanese entrepreneur (born 1957)
the SoftBank Vision Fund and Barron's characterized the fund as a "failed experiment" while The Wall Street Journal called SoftBank a "big loser" and Bloomberg
Masayoshi_Son
American engineer, inventor, and educator
recreating experiments, and really, truly forging ahead to make this thing work. It involved a lot of prototypes, and it involved a huge amount of failed experiments
JD_Albert
Neurophilosophical study of topics related to free will
Brass now knew what to expect: primary response trials, any failed stop trials, and the "failed-to-decide" trials were all instances where the participant
Neuroscience_of_free_will
Former detention center in Pennsylvania, United States
Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison, by Allen M. Hornblum, documents clinical non-therapeutic medical experiments on prison inmates at
Holmesburg_Prison
Biological experiment on the peppered moth
moth experiments failed to represent evolution. She claimed that Kettlewell's field notes could not be found and suggested that his experiment was fraudulent
Kettlewell's_experiment
German Schutzstaffel (SS) doctor (1909–1945)
source of the ideas for Rascher's experiments. The experiments were conducted at Dachau after the high-altitude experiments had concluded. The purpose was
Sigmund_Rascher
Autobiography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
The Story of My Experiments with Truth (Gujarati: સત્યના પ્રયોગો અથવા આત્મકથા, satyanā prayogo athavā ātmakathā, lit. 'Experiments of Truth or Autobiography')
The Story of My Experiments with Truth
The_Story_of_My_Experiments_with_Truth
Spanish architect, writer and curator
curtains, the salt that keeps the ponds pristine or the result of failed experiments carried out at the pavilion, were kept at the so far unnoticed basement
Andrés_Jaque
2011 studio album by Morbid Angel
element to the album. Louisville Music News labeled the album a "failed experiment" and a "joke", and described Illud Divinum Insanus as Morbid Angel's
Illud_Divinum_Insanus
DC Comics supervillain
he will never reveal how he helped Lena. Seeing Superboy now as a failed experiment due to having 50% "wrong alien DNA", Luthor and Brainiac create another
Lex_Luthor
Fictional character of the DC Universe
a split personality of Margaret Sorrow, who was the subject of a failed experiment meant to remove her kleptomania in exchange for a reduced sentence
Magpie_(character)
Tie-breaking method used in sports
and silver goal had their fans, both were also widely perceived as failed experiments. The golden goal in particular had not brought about more active and
Golden_goal
Claims of perceiving information by a 6th sense, the mind
methodology. Such procedures have included dream telepathy experiments, and the ganzfeld experiments (a mild sensory deprivation procedure). Second sight may
Extrasensory_perception
Book by Lauren Slater
a false claim. The work and experiments of B. F. Skinner The Milgram experiment of the 1950s, a controversial experiment designed to explain obedience
Opening_Skinner's_Box
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English : habitational name, perhaps from a minor place in Herefordshire called Ailey, or alternatively from a place called Hailey (see Haley).
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English : probably a habitational name from Fagley in West Yorkshire, so named from a dialect word feg ‘coarse grass’ + leye ‘pasture’.Altered spelling of South German Vögele, Vögeli (see Voegele) or of Vög(e)ler (see Vogeler).
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Feminine variant spelling of English unisex Bailey, BAILEE means "bailiff."Â
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English : status name for a steward or official, Middle English bail(l)i (Old French baillis, from Late Latin baiulivus, an adjectival derivative of baiulus ‘attendant’, ‘carrier’ ‘porter’).English : topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, Middle English bail(l)y, baile ‘outer courtyard of a castle’, from Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’, a derivative of bailer ‘to enclose’, a word of unknown origin. This term became a place name in its own right, denoting a district beside a fortification or wall, as in the case of the Old Bailey in London, which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city.English : habitational name from Bailey in Lancashire, named with Old English beg ‘berry’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.English : Anglicized form of French Bailly.English : The surname Bailey was established early on in North America by several different bearers; one of them, James Bailey, was one of the founders of Rowley, MA.
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English : habitational name from places in Oxfordshire and Hertfordshire named Hailey, from Old English hēg ‘hay’ + lēeah ‘wood’, ‘(woodland) clearing’.
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English
Variant spelling of English Hayley, HAILEY means "hay field."
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English : variant of Bail.Spanish : status name for a steward or official, from Old Spanish baile, Late Latin baiulivus; cognate with English Bailey.
Female
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Variant spelling of English Kayley, KAILEY means "slender."
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Hayley, HAILEE means "hay field."
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English : habitational name from any of various places named Farley, of which there are examples in Berkshire, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, and Staffordshire, from Old English as fearn ‘fern’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. See also Farleigh, Fairley, Fairlie.Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fearghaile (see Farrelly).
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English : variant of Bayliss.English : from the genitive case of Middle English bail(e) ‘bailey’, ‘outer wall of a castle’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived beside a castle. Compare Bail and Bailey.
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English
English : probably a variant of Fawley.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places named Fawley, in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Hampshire. The first is probably so named from Old English as fealu ‘fallow’ (probably used in the sense ‘fallow deer’) + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, while the last two are from either Old English fealu ‘fallow-colored’ or fealg ‘plowed land’ + lēah.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Kayley, KAILEE means "slender."
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : habitational name from Hailes in Lothian, originally in East Lothian, named from the Middle English genitive or plural form of hall ‘hall’.English : habitational name from Hailes in Gloucestershire, which is named from an old British river name meaning ‘polluted’. Compare Welsh halog ‘dirty’.English : variant spelling of Hales.
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English : occupational name for a maker or user of files, from an agent derivative of Middle English file ‘file’.English : occupational name for a spinner, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Old French fil ‘thread’ (Latin filum).English : Americanized spelling of German Feiler, cognate of 1.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Staffordshire named Gailey, from Old English gagel ‘bog-myrtle’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.In some instances, an altered spelling of South German Gailer (variant of Geiler) or of Swiss Gälli (see Gall).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably of Norman origin, a habitational name from any of the places in northern France called Mailly.
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English
English occupational surname transferred to unisex forename use, BAILEY means "bailiff."Â
Female
Yiddish
(פֵייגל) Variant spelling of Yiddish Feigel, FAIGEL means "bird."Â
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imp. & p. p.
of Fable
a.
Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, etc.
a.
Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.
a.
Protected by an external coat, or covering, of scales or plates.
n.
A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods.
a.
Dressed or cooked by boiling; subjected to the action of a boiling liquid; as, boiled meat; a boiled dinner; boiled clothes.
imp. & p. p.
of Wail
imp. & p. p.
of Fail
imp. & p. p.
of Rail
a.
Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he wields a facile pen.
imp. & p. p.
of Mail
a.
Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.
a.
Having fangs or tusks; as, a fanged adder. Also used figuratively.
a.
Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks.
imp. & p. p.
of Nail
a.
Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailed pigeon.
imp. & p. p.
of Foil
n.
A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester.
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Spotted; speckled.
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