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BALLOON', n. 1. 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.3. In architecture, a ball or globe, on the top of a pillar.4. In fireworks, a ball of pasteboard, or kind of bomb, stuffed with combustibles, to be played off, when fired, either in the air, or in water, which, bursting like a bomb, exhibits sparks of fire like stars.5. A game, somewhat resembling tennis, played in an open field, with a large ball of leather, inflated with wind.6. A bag or hollow vessel, made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere, called for distinction, an air-balloon.7. In France, a quantity of paper, containing 24 reams. [See Bale.]8. In France, balloon, ballon or ballot, a quantity of glass plates; of white glass, 25 bundles of six plates each; of colored glass, 12 1-2 bundles of three plates each.BALLOON'
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BALLOON', n. 1. 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.3. In architecture, a ball or globe, on the top of a pillar.4. In fireworks, a ball of pasteboard, or kind of bomb, stuffed with combustibles, to be played off, when fired, either in the air, or in water, which, bursting like a bomb, exhibits sparks of fire like stars.5. A game, somewhat resembling tennis, played in an open field, with a large ball of leather, inflated with wind.6. A bag or hollow vessel, made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere, called for distinction, an air-balloon.7. In France, a quantity of paper, containing 24 reams. [See Bale.]8. In France, balloon, ballon or ballot, a quantity of glass plates; of white glass, 25 bundles of six plates each; of colored glass, 12 1-2 bundles of three plates each.BALLOON' |
BAL-LOON', n. [Fr. ballon, a foot-ball; Sp. balon; It. pallone; W. pelhen, from pêl, a ball. See Ball.]- In general, any spherical hollow body. – Encyc.
- In chimistry, a round vessel with a short neck, to receive whatever is distilled; a glass receiver of a spherical form.
- In architecture, a hall or globe on the top of a pillar.
- In fireworks, a ball of pasteboard, or kind of bomb, stuffed with combustibles, to be played off, when fired, either in the air, or in water, which bursting like a bomb, exhibits sparks of fire like stars. – Johnson. Encyc.
- A game somewhat resembling tennis, played in an open field, with a large ball of leather, inflated with wind. – Encyc.
- A bag or hollow vessel, made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; called for distinction, an air-balloon.
- In France, a quantity of paper, containing 24 reams. [See Bale.]
- In France, balloon, ballon or ballot, a quantity of glass plates; of white glass, 25 bundles of six plates each; of colored glass, 12 ½ bundles of three plates each. – Encyc.
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Bal*loon"
- 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 aërial navigation.
- To take up in, or as if
in, a balloon.
- To
go up or voyage in a balloon.
- A ball or globe on the top of a
pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London.
- To expand, or puff out, like a
balloon.
- A round vessel, usually with a
short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a
spherical form.
- A bomb or shell.
- A game played with a large inflated ball.
- The outline inclosing words
represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
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Balloon BALLOON', noun 1. 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. 3. In architecture, a ball or globe, on the top of a pillar. 4. In fireworks, a ball of pasteboard, or kind of bomb, stuffed with combustibles, to be played off, when fired, either in the air, or in water, which, bursting like a bomb, exhibits sparks of fire like stars. 5. A game, somewhat resembling tennis, played in an open field, with a large ball of leather, inflated with wind. 6. A bag or hollow vessel, made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere, called for distinction, an air-balloon. 7. In France, a quantity of paper, containing 24 reams. [See Bale.] 8. In France, balloon ballon or ballot, a quantity of glass plates; of white glass, 25 bundles of six plates each; of colored glass, 12 1-2 bundles of three plates each. BALLOON' |
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