Bale
[beɪl] or [bel]
Definition
(noun.) a large bundle bound for storage or transport.
(verb.) make into a bale; 'bale hay'.
Edited by Barrett--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(v. t.) To make up in a bale.
(v. t.) See Bail, v. t., to lade.
(n.) Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.
(n.) Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Bundle, package.
Editor: Ryan
Definition
n. (arch.—Morris) a fire funeral pyre: (Scot.) a beacon-fire.—n. Bale′-fire a blazing fire: a beacon-fire: a bonfire. Spenser confounds with Bale woe.
n. a bundle or package of goods: (obs.) the set of dice for any special game.—v.t. to make into bales.
n. evil injury mischief: misery: woe.—adj. Bale′ful full of misery destructive: full of sorrow sad.—adv. Bale′fully.—n. Bale′fulness.—Bliss and bale are often alliteratively opposed; also Boot and bale.
v.t. to throw out water
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Examples
- Bale ties themselves have received great attention from inventors, and the most successful have won fortunes for their owners. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- An old tin can or a sponge may serve to bale out water from a leaking rowboat, but such a crude device would be absurd if employed on our huge vessels of war and commerce. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A graceful, elegantly-formed young man stood by her, carelessly leaning one elbow on a bale of cotton while a large pocket-book lay open before him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Who shall depict its bliss and bale? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The law regards him, in every respect, as devoid of rights as a bale of merchandise. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Mr. Wilson's mind was one of those that may not unaptly be represented by a bale of cotton,--downy, soft, benevolently fuzzy and confused. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- In 1793 the total export of cotton from the United States was less than ten thousand bales, but by 1860 the export was four million bales. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- High on the upper deck, in a little nook among the everywhere predominant cotton-bales, at last we may find him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The woman walked forward among the boxes and bales of the lower deck, and, sitting down, busied herself with chirruping to her baby. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The only valuable part of them consisted in some little fillets, bracelets, and other ornaments of gold, and in some bales of cotton. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The trader searched the boat from stem to stern, among boxes, bales and barrels, around the machinery, by the chimneys, in vain. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There was an immense amount of cotton, in bales, stacked outside. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- When it is remembered that cotton is raised in about twenty different countries, and that the cotton crop of the United States of 1897-98 was 10,897,857 bales, of about 500 lbs. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- From this arose pressing and baling machines of a great variety, until nearly every agricultural product that can be pressed, packed or baled has its special machine for that operation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- From this arose pressing and baling machines of a great variety, until nearly every agricultural product that can be pressed, packed or baled has its special machine for that operation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Every Product has its own Proper Machine for Picking, Pressing, Packing, or Baling. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It is obtained by scraping the pulp from the long fibers, drying these when thoroughly cleaned, and baling them for market. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It has also remained for the developed machine of the century to convert hay into an export commodity to distant countries by the baling process. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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