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Webster 1913 Edition
Bundle
Bun′dle
(bŭn′d’l)
, Noun.
[OE.
bundel
, AS. byndel
; akin to D. bondel
, bundel
, G. bündel
, dim. of bund
bundle, fr. the root of E. bind
. See Bind
.] A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll;
as, a
. bundle
of straw or of paper; a bundle
of old clothesThe fable of the rods, which, when united in a
bundle
, no strength could bend. Goldsmith.
Bundle pillar
(Arch.)
, a column or pier, with others of small dimensions attached to it.
Weale.
Bun′dle
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bundled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bundling
.] 1.
To tie or bind in a bundle or roll.
2.
To send off abruptly or without ceremony.
They unmercifully
bundled
me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach. T. Hook.
To bundle off
, to send off in a hurry, or without ceremony;
– as, the working mothers
. bundle
their children off
to school and then try to get themselves to work on timeTo bundle one’s self up
, to wrap one's self up warmly or cumbrously.
Bun′dle
,Verb.
I.
1.
To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony.
2.
To sleep on the same bed without undressing; – applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping.
Bartlett.
Van Corlear stopped occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and
bundle
with the Yankee lasses. W. Irving.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bundle
BUN'DLE
, n.1.
A number of things put together.2.
A roll; any thing bound or rolled into a convenient form for conveyance; as a bundle of lace; a bundle of hay.