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BALE

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 249 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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


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