Webster's Dictionary 1828

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BALLAD-TUNE

BAL'LAD-TUNE, noun The tune of a ballad.

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BALLAD-WRITER

BAL'LAD-WRITER, noun A composer of ballads.

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BALLADER

BAL'LADER, noun A writer of ballads.

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BALLADRY

BAL'LADRY, noun The subject or style of ballads.

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BALLARAG

BAL'LARAG, verb transitive To bully; to threaten. [Not in use.]

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BALLAST

BAL'LAST, noun1. Heavy matter, as stone, sand or iron, laid on the bottom of a ship or other vessel, to sink it in the water, to such a depth, as to enable it to carry sufficien...

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BALLASTED

BAL'LASTED, participle passive Furnished with ballast; kept steady by a counterpoising force.

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BALLASTING

BAL'LASTING, participle present tense Furnishing with ballast; keeping steady.BAL'LASTING, noun Ballast; that which is used for ballast.

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BALLATED

BAL'LATED, adjective Sung in a ballad. [Little used.]

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BALLATOON

BALLATOON', noun A heavy luggage boat employed on the rivers about the Caspian Lake.

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BALLATRY

BAL'LATRY, noun A song; a jig.

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BALLAUSTINE

BALLAUS'TINE, noun The wild pomegranate tree.

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BALLET

BAL'LET, noun1. A kind of dance; an interlude; a comic dance, consisting of a series of several airs, with different movements, representing some subject or action.2. A kind of ...

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BALLIAGE

BAL'LIAGE, or more correctly bailage. nounA small duty paid to the city of London by aliens, and even by denizens, for certain commodities exported by them.

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BALLIARDS

BALLIARDS. [See Billiards.]

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BALLISTER

BALLISTER. [See Baluster.]

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BALLISTIC

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 othe...

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BALLISTICS

BALLIS'TICS, noun The science or art of throwing missive weapons, by the use of an engine. The balista was a machine resembling a cross-bow.

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BALLOEN

BAL'LOEN, noun A state barge of Siam, made of a single piece of timber, very long, and managed with oars.

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BALLOON

BALLOON', noun1. In general, any spherical hollow body.2. In chimistry, a round vessel with a short neck, to receive whatever is distilled; a glass receiver of a spherical form....

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BALLOT

BAL'LOT, noun1. A ball used in voting. Ballots are of different colors; those of one color give an affirmative; those of another, a (p.21) negative. They are privately put into ...

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BALLOT-BOX

BAL'LOT-BOX, noun A box for receiving ballots.

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BALLOTADE

BAL'LOTADEBALLOTA'TION, noun A voting by ballot. [Little used.]

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BALM

B'ALM, noun bam.1. The sap or juice of trees or shrubs remarkable odoriferous or aromatic.2. Any fragrant or valuable ointment.3. Anything which heals, or which soothes or mitig...

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BALMY

B'ALMY, adjective Having the qualities of balm; aromatic.2. Producing balm; as the balmy tree.3. Soothing; soft; mild; as balmy slumbers.4. Fragrant; odoriferous; as balmy wings...

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BALNEAL

BAL'NEAL, adjective [Latin balneum.] Pertaining to a bath.

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BALNEARY

BAL'NEARY, noun [Latin balnearium, from balneum.]A bathing room.