Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Baling out, the story

This morning's contest update contains more information on RR's boating adventure. And thanks to the anonymous commenter who found this picture


in this newspaper article.
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Anonymous said...

Should be posted with the picture as "Don't let this happen to you - IV" :

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20088061

June 18, 2008 at 10:56 AM
Anonymous said...

Baling is misspelled, too:

bail 2
(bl)
v. bailed, bail·ing, bails
v.tr.
1. To remove (water) from a boat by repeatedly filling a container and emptying it over the side.
2. To empty (a boat) of water by bailing.
v.intr.
To empty a boat of water by bailing.
n.
A container used for emptying water from a boat.
Phrasal Verb:
bail out
1. To parachute from an aircraft; eject.
2. To abandon a project or enterprise.

June 18, 2008 at 2:30 PM
    PMSC Member said...

Glad somebody around here knows how to spell.

I think that in the UK, one bales out of an aircraft. I don't know how they unload water from a sinking boat, however.

June 18, 2008 at 8:01 PM
Anonymous said...

Please note that the Swiss lay claim to this word, not the English...

bale 1
(bl)
n.
A large package of raw or finished material tightly bound with twine or wire and often wrapped: a bale of hay.
tr.v. baled, bal·ing, bales
To wrap in a bale or in bales: a machine that bales cotton.
[Middle English, from Old French; see bhel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
baler n.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
bale 1
Noun
a large bundle of hay or goods bound by ropes or wires for storage or transportation
Verb
[baling, baled]
to make (hay) or put (goods) into a bale or bales [Old High German balla ball]
bale 2
Verb
[baling, baled] same as bail2

Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006 © HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006
Bale a large bundle or package; a measure of varying quantity, 1502.
Examples: bale of cloth; of coffee [two to two and a half hundred-weight]; of cotton; of crown paper [14 reams]; of dice [a pair or set], 1822; of turtles—Lipton, 1970.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun 1. balebale - a large bundle bound for storage or transport
sheaf, bundle - a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
hay bale - a bale of hay
2. Bale - a city in northwestern Switzerland
Basel, Basle
Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera, Swiss Confederation, Switzerland - a landlocked federal republic in central Europe
Verb 1. balebale - make into a bale; "bale hay"
collect, compile, accumulate, amass, roll up, hoard, pile up - get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

June 19, 2008 at 8:31 AM
Anonymous said...

Welcome to the formation of the Post Mills Institute of Advanced Etymological Research. Although I had to look up "pandiculation", I herewith submit that "bale" is appropriate when one lands out in a freshly-mown hayfield.

June 22, 2008 at 2:26 PM

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