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v. i.
To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
n.
Packs or bales of Spanish wool.
v.
To squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus, in order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press cotton bales, paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to press clothes.
adv.
In a baleful manner; perniciously.
v. t.
A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering.
imp. & p. p.
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v. t.
To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack; as, to stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves.
a.
Affecting unfavorably by the supposed influence of the stars; baleful.
n.
The quality or state of being baleful.
a.
Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful.
a.
Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked.
n.
A bundle made up for transportation; a packet; a bale; a parcel; as, a package of goods.
n.
A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen.
v. t.
To make up in a bale.
n.
A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly.
v. t.
To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a bale of goods.
v. t.
To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve. See Steeve, n. (b).
v. t.
To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise; to mark clothing.
n.
A large bale or package of wool, containing eighty tods, or 2,240 pounds, in weight.
n.
Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone.
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