Bible Dictionaries
Bale

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw / hay, etc., put up compactly for transportation.

(2):

(n.) Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury.

(3):

(n.) Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.

(4):

(v. t.) To make up in a bale.

(5):

(v. t.) See Bail, v. t., to lade.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bale'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bale.html. 1828.