Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Balky

Balk″y (ba̤k″y̆), a. Apt to balk; as, a balky horse.

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Ball

Ball (ba̤l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla, palla, G. ball, Icel. böllr, ball; cf. F. balle. Cf. 1st Bale, n., Pallmall.] 1. Any round or roundish body or mass; a spher...

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Ball (2)

Ball, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Balled (ba̤ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Balling.] To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; th...

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Ball (3)

Ball, v. t. 1. (Metal.) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.2. To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton.

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Ball (4)

Ball, n. [F. bal, fr. OF. baler to dance, fr. LL. ballare. Of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. βάλλειν to toss or throw, or πάλλειν, πάλλεσθαι, to leap, bound, βαλλίζειν to dance, jump...

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Ball (5)

Ball, n.(Baseball) A pitched ball, not struck at by the batsman, which fails to pass over the home base at a height not greater than the batsman's shoulder nor less than his knee.

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Ball-flower

Ball″–flow′er (�), n.(Arch.) An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, — usually inserted in a hollow molding.

386

Ballad

Bal″lad (�), n. [OE. balade, OF. balade, F. ballade, fr. Pr. ballada a dancing song, fr. ballare to dance; cf. It. ballata. See 2d Ball, n., and Ballet.] A popular kind of narra...

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Ballad (2)

Bal″lad, v. i. To make or sing ballads.

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Ballad (3)

Bal″lad, v. t. To make mention of in ballads.

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Ballad monger

Bal″lad mon′ger (�). [See Monger.] A seller or maker of ballads; a poetaster. Shak.

390

Ballade

Bal‐lade″ (�), n. [See Ballad, n.] A form of French versification, sometimes imitated in English, in which three or four rhymes recur through three stanzas of eight or ten lines...

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Ballader

Bal″lad‐er (�), n. A writer of ballads.

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Balladry

Bal″lad‐ry (�), n. [From Ballad, n.] Ballad poems; the subject or style of ballads. “Base balladry is so beloved.” Drayton.

393

Ballahoo

{ Bal″la‐hoo, Bal″la‐hou } (băl″lȧ‐ho͞o), n. A fast-sailing schooner, used in the Bermudas and West Indies.

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Ballarag

Bal″la‐rag (–răg), v. t. [Corrupted fr. bullirag.] To bully; to threaten. T. Warton.

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Ballast

Bal″last (băl″last), n. [D. ballast; akin to Dan. baglast, ballast, OSw. barlast, Sw. ballast. The first part is perh. the same word as E. bare, adj.; the second is last a burde...

396

Ballast (2)

Bal″last, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Ballasted; p. pr. & vb. n.Ballasting.] 1. To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold.2. To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, w...

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Ballastage

Bal″last‐age (�), n.(Law) A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbor.

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Ballasting

Bal″last‐ing, n. That which is used for steadying anything; ballast.

399

Ballatry

Bal″la‐try (�), n. See Balladry. Milton.

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Ballet

‖Bal″let′ (băl″lā̍′ or băl″lĕt; 277), n. [F., a dim. of bal dance. See 2d Ball, n.] 1. An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of...

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Ballista

‖Bal‐lis″ta (�), n.; pl.Ballistæ (�). [L. ballista, balista, fr. Gr. βαλλειν to throw.] An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.

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Ballister

Bal″lis‐ter (băl″lĭs‐tẽr or băl‐lĭs″tẽr), n. [L. ballista. Cf. Balister.] A crossbow.

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Ballistic

Bal‐lis″tic (�), a. 1. Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.2. Pertaining to projection, or to a projectile...

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Ballistics

Bal‐lis″tics (�), n. [Cf. F. balistique. See Ballista.] The science or art of hurling missile weapons by the use of an engine. Whewell.

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Ballistite

Bal″lis‐tite (?), n. [See Ballista.] (Chem.) A smokeless powder containing equal parts of soluble nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin.