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Definition of bale:
- 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.
- Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury.
- Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.
- See Bail, v. t., to lade.
- To make up in a bale.
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Usage examples:
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There might have been a bale of marten's furs- for the trade was just getting brisk in that article.
- "The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas", James Fenimore Cooper. -
The rope slipp'd up quickly, letting down the bale with a run.
- "The Splendid Spur", Arthur T. Quiller Couch. -
It is long when the accent is on the vowel; as, Fall, bale, mood, house, feature.
- "The Grammar of English Grammars", Goold Brown.