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bale
I. \ˈbāl, esp bef pause or cons -āəl\ noun
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Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bealu, balu; akin to Old High German balo evil, Old Norse böl, Gothic balwawesei malice, OCornish bal plague, Old Bulgarian bolŭ sick man
1. : great evil : a malign pernicious influence : harm, disaster
< gave him a final look, in which Reith read nothing but bale — D.C.Peattie >
< the day would come when the thunderous shout “Nika!” would mean bale and woe to her — P.I.Wellman >
2. : pain or mental suffering : torment, woe, sorrow
< bring us bale and bitter sorrowings, instead of comfort, which we should embrace — Edmund Spenser >
II. noun
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Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bǣl fire, pyre; akin to Old Norse bāl flame, pyre — more at bald
archaic : a great fire; especially : a signal fire
III. noun
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Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German balla ball — more at ball
1.
a. : a large bundle of goods for storage or transportation; specifically : a large closely pressed package of merchandise bound with cord, wire, or hoops and usually protected by a wrapping (as of burlap)
< a bale of paper >
< a bale of hay >
b. : the amount contained in a bale especially when fixed for a certain commodity and sometimes used as a unit of measure (as in the United States 500 pounds of cotton)
2. archaic : a set usually of three — used of dice
IV. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: bale (III)
: to make up into a bale
< loose pulp is baled in units measuring about 18×23×43 inches — H.R.Mauersberger >
< spend an afternoon baling hay >
V.
variant of bail |