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Definition of Bales
1. bale [v] - See also: bale
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bales
Literary usage of Bales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1866)
"Our own spinners may be supposed to require, ssy 15000 bales per week, or at the
utmost not over 200.000 bales of tk;s amount; and the question of chief ..."
2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1866)
"Our own spinners may be supposed to require, say 15000 bales per week, or at the
utmost not over 200.000 bales of this amount ; and the question of chief ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"The exports for the year, with the figures of the preceding crop for comparison,
are presented in the following table : Tho takings in bales of American ..."
4. Argentine Republic: A Geographical Sketch, with Special Reference to (1903)
"... 254 hales; wool, 27198 bales; hair, 802 bales; tallow, 59 casks; goatskins,
2455 bales; linseed, 33335 tons; quebracho, 4647 tons, and sugar, 11 tons. ..."
5. The Progress of America, from the Discovery by Columbus to the Year 1846 by John Macgregor (1847)
"The Rochester, of Bath, United States, from New Orleans, 17 men, 563 tons;
discharged 1846 bales of cotton, and 51 bales of hemp. The Hope, of Duxbury, ..."
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