bale

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A municipality of Croatia.
3. Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death
4. Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
   uncountable
5. A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.
   obsolete
6. A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
7. Suffering, woe, torment
8. Suffering, woe, torment.
   uncountable
9. A funeral pyre.
   archaic
10. A bundle of compressed fibers (especially hay, straw, cotton, or wool), compacted for shipping and handling and bound by twine or wire.
11. A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire
12. A beacon-fire.
    archaic
13. A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).
14. A funeral pyre
15. A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.
16. A beacon-fire
17. A block of compressed cannabis.
18. A group of turtles.
    collective

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

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