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bale(1) (iou)



bale noun1. arch. & poet.

1. Evil, esp. as an active and destructive force; a malign influence; woe, harm, injury. In early use freq. spec. death. OE.
2. Evil as something suffered; physical torment, pain, misery. ME.
3. Mental suffering; misery, sorrow, grief. ME.
? Marked obsolete in Dicts. from E17; after that rare until 19.
baleless [-l-l-] adjective (long arch.) harmless, innocent OE.