Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages). Noah Webster

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СКАЧАТЬ ballast the heart.

       Hammond.

      Bal¶lastÏage (?), n. (Law) A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbor.

       Bal¶lastÏing, n. That which is used for steadying anything; ballast.

       Bal¶laÏtry (?), n. See Balladry. [Obs.]

       Milton.

       ØBal¶let· (?), 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 persons, usually women. Sometimes, a scene accompanied by pantomime and dancing.

       2. The company of persons who perform the ballet.

       3. (Mus.) A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, Ð most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers.

       4. (Her.) A bearing in coats of arms, representing one or more balls, which are denominated bezants, plates, etc., according to color.

       Ball¶Ïflow·er (?), n. (Arch.) An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, Ð usually inserted in a hollow molding.

       ØBalÏlis¶taÿ(?), n.; pl. Ballist?e (?). [L. ballista, balista, fr. Gr. ? to throw.] An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.

       Bal¶lisÏter (?), n. [L. ballista. Cf. Balister.] A crossbow. [Obs.]

       BalÏlis¶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.

       Ballistic pendulum, an instrument consisting of a mass of wood or other material suspended as a pendulum, for measuring the force and velocity of projectiles by means of the arc through which their impact impels it.

       BalÏlis¶tics (?), n. [Cf. F. balistique. See Ballista.] The science or art of hurling missile weapons by the use of an engine.

       Whewell.

       ØBal¶liÏumÿ(?),n. [LL.] See Bailey.

       BalÏloon¶ÿ(?), n. [F. ballon, aug. of balle ball: cf. It. ballone. See 1st Ball, n., and cf. Pallone.] 1. A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for a‰rial navigation.

       2. (Arch.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. [R.]

       3. (Chem.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.

       4. (Pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell. [Obs.]

       5. A game played with a large inf?ated ball. [Obs.]

       6. (Engraving) The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.

       Air balloon, a balloon for a‰rial navigation. Ð Balloon frame (Carp.), a house frame constructed altogether of small timber. Ð Balloon net, a variety of woven lace in which the weft threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around the warp.

       BalÏloon¶, v.t. To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.

       BalÏloon¶, v.i. 1. To go up or voyage in a balloon.

       2. To expand, or puff out, like a balloon.

       BalÏlooned¶ (?),a. Swelled out like a balloon.

       BalÏloon¶er (?), n. One who goes up in a balloon; an a‰ronaut.

       BalÏloon¶ fish· (?). (Zo”l.) A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. See Globefish, and Bur fish.

       BalÏloon¶ing, n. 1. The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.

       2. (Stock Exchange) The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales. [U.S.]

       BalÏloon¶ing spi¶der (?). (Zo”l.) A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.

       BalÏloon¶ist, n. An a‰ronaut.

       BalÏloon¶ryÿ(?), n. The art or practice of ascending in a balloon; a‰ronautics.

       Bal¶lot (?), n. [F. ballotte, fr. It. ballotta. See Ball round body.]

       1. Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.

       2. The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets.

       The insufficiency of the ballot.

       Dickens.

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      3. The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district.

       Ballot box, a box for receiving ballots.

       Bal¶lot (?), v.i. [imp. & p.p. Balloted; p.pr. & vb. n. Balloting.] [F. ballotter to toss, to ballot, or It. ballottare. See Ballot, n.] To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.

       Bal¶lot, v.t. To vote for or in opposition to.

       None of the competitors arriving to a sufficient number of balls, they fell to ballot some others.

       Sir H. Wotton.

       Bal¶loÏtade· (?), n. [F. ballottade, fr. ballotter to toss. See Ballot, v.i.] (Man.) A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out.

       Bal·loÏta¶tion (?), n. Voting by ballot. [Obs.]

       Sir H. Wotton.

       Bal¶lotÏer (?), n. One who votes by ballot.

       Bal¶loÏtin (?),n. [F.] An officer who has charge of a ballot box. [Obs.]

       Harrington.

       Bal¶low (?),n. A cudgel. [Obs.]

       Shak.

       Ball¶proof· (?), a. Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms.

       Ball¶room· (?), n. A room for balls or dancing.

       Balm (?), n. [OE. baume, OF. bausme, basme, F. baume, L. balsamum balsam, from Gr. ?; perhaps of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. b¾s¾m. Cf. Balsam.]

       1. (Bot.) An aromatic plant of the genus Melissa.

       2. The resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees or shrubs.

       Dryden.

       3. Any fragrant ointment.

       Shak.

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