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Affording solace; as, a solacious voice. [Obs.] Bale.

To absolve; as, to solute sin. [Obs.] Bale.

Belonging to the Sorbonne or to a Sorbonist. Bale.

Spawl; spittle. [Obs.] Bale.

Splendor-bearing; splendid. Bale (1538). "A splendiferous woman." Haliburton. [Now used humorously.]

Espousal. [Obs.] Bale.

To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve. See Steeve, n. (b).

mpact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack; as, to stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves. Some stow their oars, or stop the leaky sides. Dryden.

plied to both sexes, now only to women. This terrible termagant, this Nero, this Pharaoh. Bale (1543). The slave of an imperious and reckless termagant. Macaulay.

Low shoes fastened with lacings. Bale tie, a fastening for the ends of a hoop for a bale.

Unawares. [Obs.] Bale.

Inconvenient. Bale. -- Un`con*ven"ient*ly, adv. Udall.

One who makes a vow. Bale.

of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone.

A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen.

Of or pertaining to a widow; vidual. [Obs.] Bale.