| Balloon (balloon) |
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| n. | ((?)) |
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| Bal*loon" |
| [F. ballon, aug.
of balle ball: cf. It. ballone. See 1st Ball,
, and cf. Pallone.] |
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.
A ball or globe on the top of a
pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London.
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) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Bal*loon" |
|
To take up in, or as if
in, a balloon.
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| Balloon (balloon) |
|---|
| v. i. | |
|---|
| Bal*loon" |
|
To
go up or voyage in a balloon.
To expand, or puff out, like a
balloon.
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