BALE

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
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.

2.
v.

To make up in a bale. Goldsmith.

3.
v.

See Bail, v. t., to lade.

4.
n.

Misery; Let now your bliss be turned into bale. Spenser.

5.
n.

Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury. [Now chiefly poetic]

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