BALES

Noun

bales

plural of bale

Verb

bales

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bale

Anagrams

• Ables, Basel, Basle, Blase, Bleas, Sabel, Sable, ables, albes, baels, beals, blase, blasĂ©, labes, sable, saleb

Source: Wiktionary


BALE

Bale, n. Etym: [OE. bale, OF. bale, F. balle, LL. bala, fr. OHG. balla, palla, pallo, G. ball, balle, ballen, ball round pack; cf. D. baal. Cf. Ball a round body.]

Definition: 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.

Bale, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baled (p. pr. & vb. n. Baling.]

Definition: To make up in a bale. Goldsmith.

Bale, v. t.

Definition: See Bail, v. t., to lade.

Bale, n. Etym: [AS. bealo, bealu, balu; akin to OS. , OHG. balo, Icel. böl, Goth. balweins.]

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’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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