Thesaurus: bale

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1. n. A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw / hay, etc., put up compactly for transportation.
2. v. t. To make up in a bale.
3. v. t. See Bail, v. t., to lade.
4. n. Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.
5. n. Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury.
6. n. a large bundle bound for storage or transport
7. v. make into a bale
8. A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw Bale of dice, a pair of dice. [Obs.] B. Jonson. To make up in a bale. Goldsmith. See Bail, v. t., to lade. 1. Misery; Let now your bliss be turned into bale. Spenser. 2. Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury. [Now chiefly poetic]
9. A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded forstorage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw Bale of dice, apair of dice. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
10. v:14/n:86 n. a large bundle bound for storage or transport v. make into a bale