BALLIS'TIC, adjective [Latin balista, an engine to throw stones, or shoot darts, from Gr.to throw or shoot.] Pertaining to the balista, or to the art of shooting darts, and other missive weapons, by means of an engine.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.