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Bundle \Bun"dle\, v. i.
1. To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without
ceremony.
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2. To sleep on the same bed without undressing; -- applied to
the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus
sleeping. --Bartlett.
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Van Corlear stopped occasionally in the villages to
eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and
bundle with the Yankee lasses. --W. Irving.
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{To bundle up}, to dress warmly, snugly, or cumbrously.
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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.
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The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle,
no strength could bend. --Goldsmith.
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{Bundle pillar} (Arch.), a column or pier, with others of
small dimensions attached to it. --Weale.
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Bundle \Bun"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bundled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bundling}.]
1. To tie or bind in a bundle or roll.
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2. To send off abruptly or without ceremony.
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They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second
into our own hackney coach. --T. Hook.
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3. to sell together as a single item at one inclusive price;
-- usually done for related products which work or are
used together.
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{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 time.

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