What is evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury. [Now chiefly poetic] called?
bale — Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury. [Now chiefly poetic]. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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