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bale

noun
/beɪl/

Etymology

From Middle English bale (“pyre, funeral pyre”), from Old English bǣl (“pyre, funeral pyre”), from Proto-Germanic *bēlą (“pyre”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine; gleam; sparkle”). Cognate with Old Norse bál (which may have been the direct source for the English word).

  1. inherited from *balwą✻
  2. inherited from *balu✻
  3. inherited from bealu
  4. inherited from bale — “evil”

Definitions

  1. Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.

  2. Suffering, woe, torment.

    • That other ſwayne, like aſhes deadly pale, Lay in the lap of death, rewing his wretched bale.
    • Rome, and her Rats, are at the point of battell, The one ſide muſt haue baile.
    • Ffor if you wold comfort me with a kisse, Then were I brought ffrom bale to blisse, Noe longer here wold I lye.

  3. A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.

  4. ›+ 12 more definitions

    1. A funeral pyre.

    2. A beacon-fire.

    3. A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or…

      A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.

      • So having made up my mind, I packed up in bales a quantity of precious stuffs suited for sea-trade and repaired with them from Baghdad-city to Bassorah-town, where I found ship ready for sea, and in her a company of considerable merchants.

    4. A bundle of compressed fibers (especially hay, straw, cotton, or wool), compacted for…

      A bundle of compressed fibers (especially hay, straw, cotton, or wool), compacted for shipping and handling and bound by twine or wire.

    5. A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).

    6. A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.

    7. A block of compressed cannabis.

    8. A group of turtles.

    9. To wrap into a bale.

    10. To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.

    11. A surname.

    12. A municipality of Croatia.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA