Noah Webster
Bale
BALE, noun [Heb. to bind, to pledge, and its derivative.]
1. A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for carriage or transportation.
2. Formerly, a pair of dice
BALE, verb transitive To make up in a bale
BALE, noun [Heb. to grieve or mourn, to be desolate, or to destroy.]
Misery; calamity.