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  1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To make up in a bale. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. See Bail, v. t., to lade. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. a large bundle bound for storage or transport Source: wordnet
  7. 7. v. make into a bale Source: wordnet
  8. 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] Source: webster
  9. 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. Source: adambom
  10. 10. v:14/n:86 n. a large bundle bound for storage or transport v. make into a bale Source: ecdict

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