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Baled vs Galed - What's the difference?

baled | galed |

As verbs the difference between baled and galed

is that baled is (bale) while galed is (gale).

baled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (bale)

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    bale

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (-)
  • Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
  • Suffering, woe, torment.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.7:
    • That other swayne, like ashes deadly pale, / Lay in the lap of death, rewing his wretched bale .
    Derived terms
    * baleful

    Etymology 2

    Form (etyl) (which may have been the direct source for the English word).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.
  • (archaic) A funeral pyre.
  • (archaic) A beacon-fire.
    • Derived terms
    * balefire * baleful

    Etymology 3

    Precise derivation uncertain: perhaps from (etyl) (m), (m), from , from (etyl); or perhaps from (etyl) (m), itself borrowed from (etyl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
  • A bundle of compressed wool or hay, compacted for shipping and handling.
  • A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).
  • A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.
    • Derived terms
    * bale of dice
    Coordinate terms
    * (measurement of paper) bundle, quire, ream
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    Verb

    (bal)
  • To wrap into a bale.

    • Etymology 4

    Alternative spelling of (bail)

    Verb

    (bal)
  • (British, nautical) To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.

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    galed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (gale)
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    gale

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) galen, from (etyl) . Related to (l).

    Verb

  • To sing; charm; enchant.
  • * Court of Love
    • Can he cry and gale .
  • To cry; groan; croak.
  • To talk.
  • (intransitive, of a bird, Scotland) To call.
  • To sing; utter with musical modulations.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (meteorology) A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.
  • An outburst, especially of laughter.
    • a gale of laughter
  • (archaic) A light breeze.
  • * Shakespeare
    • A little gale will soon disperse that cloud.
  • * Milton
    • And winds of gentlest gale Arabian odours fanned / From their soft wings.
  • (obsolete) A song or story.
    • (Toone)
    Coordinate terms
    * (meteorology) breeze, hurricane, storm

    See also

    * Beaufort scale

    Verb

    (gal)
  • (nautical) To sail, or sail fast.

    • Etymology 3

    (etyl) (en)

    Noun

    (Myrica gale) (Webster 1913)
  • A shrub, also sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale ) growing on moors and fens.

    • Etymology 4

    (etyl)

    Noun

  • (archaic) A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.
    • Gale day - the day on which rent or interest is due.
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