[Erroneous spelling of BAIL v.4, q.v.] To lade or throw water out of a boat or ship with buckets (formerly called bails) or other vessels. Const. to bale the water out, bale the boat (out). To bale up: to scoop up. See BAIL v.4

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[1627.  Capt. Smith, Seaman’s Gram., vi. 27. To baile or cast out the water.] Ibid. (1692), I. xvi. 75. To Bale, to lade Water out of the Ships Hold with Buckets, or the like.

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1748.  Anson, Voy., III. v. 342. In baling out the water.

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1833.  Marryat, Perc. Keene, xvi. Let’s bale the boat out first.

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1884.  Graphic, 23 Aug., 190/2. Herrings … in such surprising quantities that they can be baled up with a basket.

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