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Bale
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw Bale of dice, a pair of dice. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. Misery; Let now your bliss be turned into bale. Spenser.
2. Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury. [Now chiefly poetic]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To make up in a bale. Goldsmith.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
See Bail, v. t., to lade.