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Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands. [Obs.] Bale.

g upward the large plunder d, which performs the reduced work, such as compressing cotton bales, etc.

Idolatrous. [Obs.] Bale.

Ignobleness. [Obs.] Bale.

barrassing state of things; a serious misunderstanding. Wrestling to free itself from the baleful imbroglio. Carlyle.

Learned; pedantic; affected. [Obs.] "Inkhorn terms." Bale.

e; inscrutable. [Obs.] So unsearchable the judgment and so investigable the ways thereof. Bale.

To jolt; to jounce. [Obs.] Bale.

A lawyer. [Obs.] Bale.

, one who comforts with words only. -- Lip labor, unfelt or insincere speech; hypocrisy. Bale. -- Lip reading, the catching of the words or meaning of one speaking by watching the motion of his lips without hearing his voice. Carpenter. -- Lip salve, a salve for sore lips. -- Lip service, expression by the lips of…

Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave. [Vulgar] Such lousy learning as this is. Bale.

pon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise; to mark clothing.

A priest who celebrates Mass. [R.] Bale.

A maker of verses. Bale. Spenser was no mere metrist, but a great composer. Lowell.

A bale of raw silk.

A disputer; a gainsayer. [Obs.] Bale.

Fitted to excite hatred; hateful. [Obs.] Bale.

To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.

A bundle made up for transportation; a packet; a bale; a parcel; as, a package of goods.

A trick; collusion. [Obs.] Bale. Cherd packing (Bridge Building), the arrangement, side by side, of several parts, as bars, diagonals, a post, etc., on a pin at the bottom of a chord. Waddell. -- Packing box, a stuffing box. See under Stuffing. -- Packing press, a powerful press for baling cotton, wool, hay, etc. --…