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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 249 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BALE . i(r) (A word See also:

common to See also:Teutonic See also:languages, in O. Eng. balu, cf. Icelandic bol), evil, suffering, a word obsolete except in See also:poetry, and more common in the adjectival See also:form " baleful." In See also:early alliterative poetry it is especially used antithetically with " See also:bliss." (2) (O. Eng. bael, a blazing See also:fire, a funeral pyre), a See also:bonfire, a See also:northern See also:English use more common in the tautological " bale-fire," with sometimes a confused reference from (1) to evil. (3) (A word of doubtful origin, possibly connected with " See also:ball "), a bundle of merchandise, especially of See also:cotton, See also:wool or See also:hay, packed with a See also:cover, or fastened with bands of See also:metal, &c. for transportation; the See also:weight and capacity varies with the goods. (4) (Properly " See also:bail," from Fr. bailie, possibly connected with See also:Lat. bacula, a tub), to empty See also:water out of a See also:boat by means of a bail or bucket.

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