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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 frail, a. [Compar. frailer superl. frailest.]
 1. Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
    That I may know how frail I am.   --Ps. xxxix. 4.
    An old bent man, worn and frail.   --Lowell.
 2. Tender. [Obs.]
    Deep indignation and compassion frail.   --Spenser.
 3. Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women.
    Man is frail, and prone to evil.   --Jer. Taylor.
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