bale

Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.uncountable

Suffering, woe, torment.uncountable

• That other ſwayne, like aſhes deadly pale, Lay in the lap of death, rewing his wretched bale.
• Rome, and her Rats, are at the point of battell, The one ſide muſt haue baile.

A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.obsolete

A funeral pyre.archaic

A beacon-fire.archaic

A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.

• So having made up my mind, I packed up in bales a quantity of precious stuffs suited for sea-trade and repaired with them from Baghdad-city to Bassorah-town, where I found ship ready for sea, and in her a company of considerable merchants.

A bundle of compressed fibers (especially hay, straw, cotton, or wool), compacted for shipping and handling and bound by twine or wire.

• What I claim therein as new, and desire to be secured by Letters Patent is the within described apparatus for forming a bale of cotton under pressure on a spindle or revolving rod,...

A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).

A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.

A block of compressed cannabis.

A group of turtles.collective

• The San Diego Freeway traffic is as slow as a bale of turtles.
• A bale of turtles gathers on the waters edge at the newly opened Carpenter Creek Headwaters Park on Olive Road in Escambia County in March 20, 2026.

To wrap into a bale.transitive

To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.UK

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