bale

  • 51bale — I. Bale, Une bale à joüer, Follis. II. Bale de fourment ou d avoine, Acus, aceris, Folliculus, Siliqua. Bale de marchandise, Fascis mercium, voyez Balles …

    Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • 52bale — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bealu; akin to Old High German balo evil, Old Church Slavic bolĭ sick person Date: before 12th century 1. great evil 2. woe, sorrow II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, of… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 53bale — bale1 [beıl] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old Frenc] a large quantity of something such as paper or ↑hay that is tightly tied together especially into a block ▪ a bale of straw bale 2 bale2 v [T] to tie something such as paper or ↑hay into a large block …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 54bale — bale1 [ beıl ] noun count a large quantity of something such as paper, cotton fibers, or HAY tied into a large tight package for storing or sending somewhere bale bale 2 [ beıl ] verb transitive to tightly tie a large quantity of something such… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 55balė — 1 balė̃ (dial.) sf. (2, 4) Š, Bsg, Lnkv, Ppr žr. 1 bala 1: Arkliai balė̃j Srv. Anapus balių̃ nusivijo kiškį Grž. Kap inlįs kur balė̃n, tai išsidirbs kap šetonas Plm. ◊ iš bãlės sakoma stebintis: 1: Iš bãlės, kiek daug ten jų buvo! Grž. kurgi… …

    Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language

  • 56Œbale — Dans la mythologie grecque, Œbale (en grec ancien Οἴβαλος / Oibalos), roi de Sparte, fils de Cynortas, est le deuxième mari de Gorgophoné. Avec elle, il a engendré Tyndare, Icarios et Hippocoon (ou, selon Apollodore, ce fut avec la naïade Batia) …

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  • 57Bale — Her. *Charge used by the companies of dyers and silkmen; obviously descriptive of their trade. The cord or rope which bound the bale was of a *tincture different from the bale itself …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 58bale —  , bail  A bale is a bundle, as of cotton or hay. Bail is a prisoner’s bond, the pieces that rest atop the stumps in cricket, and the act of scooping water. You bail out a boat, but bale out of an aircraft. A malicious person wears a baleful… …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 59bale — 1 noun (C) a large quantity of something such as paper or hay that is tightly tied together especially into a block: a bale of straw 2 verb (T) to tie something such as paper or hay into a large block bale out phrasal verb (I) BrE 1 to escape… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 60bale — [beɪl] noun [C] I a large quantity of something such as paper, cotton, or HAY that is tied tightly together II verb bale [beɪl] bale out …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English