[beyl] 
noun, verb, baled, bal⋅ing.| 1. | a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, esp. one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering: a bale of cotton; a bale of hay. |
| 2. | a group of turtles. |
| 3. | to make or form into bales: to bale wastepaper for disposal. |
[beyl] | 1. | evil; harm; misfortune. |
| 2. | woe; misery; sorrow. |
[beyl] [beyl] | 1. | the semicircular handle of a kettle or pail. |
| 2. | a hooplike support, as for the canvas cover on a Conestoga wagon. |
| 3. | a metal band or bar equipped with rollers for holding a sheet or sheets of paper against the platen of a printing press, typewriter, etc. |
[beyl] | 1. | to dip (water) out of a boat, as with a bucket. |
| 2. | to clear of water by dipping (usually fol. by out): to bail out a boat. |
| 3. | to bail water. |
| 4. | Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing. |
| 5. | bail out,
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[bah-zuhl] | 1. | a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River. 192,800. |
| 2. | a canton in N Switzerland, divided into two independent areas. |
| bale 1 (bāl) n. A large package of raw or finished material tightly bound with twine or wire and often wrapped: a bale of hay. tr.v. baled, bal·ing, bales To wrap in a bale or in bales: a machine that bales cotton. [Middle English, from Old French; see bhel-2 in Indo-European roots.] bal'er n. |
| bale 2 (bāl) n.
[Middle English, from Old English bealu.] |