EMBALE

Embale

Em*bale"\, v. t. [F. emballer; pref. em- (L. in) + balle bale. See 1st Bale.] [Obs.]

1. To make up into a bale or pack. --Johnson.

2. To bind up; to inclose.

Legs . . . embaled in golden buskins. --Spenser.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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