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Bundle \Bun"dle\ (b[u^]n"d'l), n. [OE. bundel, AS. byndel; akin to D. bondel, bundel, G. b["u]ndel, 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 clothes.

The 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Bundle \Bun"dle\, v. 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.

To bundle one's self up, to wrap one's self up warmly or cumbrously.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Bundle \Bun"dle\, v. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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