Defn: 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
Bale, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baled (p. pr. & vb. n. Baling.]
Defn: To make up in a bale. Goldsmith.
BALE
Bale, v. t.
Defn: See Bail, v. t., to lade.
BALE
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]
BALEARIC
Bal`e*ar"ic, a. Etym: [L. Balearicus, fr. Gr. the Balearic Islands.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the isles of Majorca, Minorca, Ivica, etc., in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Valencia. Balearic crane. (Zoöl.) See Crane.