(archaic) To pass over or by. / To omit, miss, or overlook by chance. / (obsolete) To miss intentionally; to avoid. / To stop, check, block. / To stop short and refuse to go on. / To refuse suddenly.

To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.

Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death. / Suffering, woe, torment.

(obsolete) A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire. / (archaic) A funeral pyre. / (archaic) A beacon-fire.

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.

(transitive) To wrap into a bale.

(Britain, nautical) To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.

(cricket) A ball that bounces off of the pitch immediately after being hit by the bat, and goes up in the air.

(ball games) The ball when dead and out of play.

(cricket) A ball off which no runs are scored.