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What's The Definition Of 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.
\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.
\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.