Part 874

<h1>Balanoglossus</h1> <Xpage=113>

<hw>Bal`a*no*glos"sus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ acorn + <?/ tongue.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l)</fld> <def>A peculiar marine worm. See <er>Enteropneusta</er>, and <er>Tornaria</er>.</def>

<h1>Balanoid</h1> <Xpage=113>

<hw>Bal"a*noid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ acorn + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See <er>Acornshell</er>, and <er>Barnacle</er>.</def>

<h1>Balas ruby</h1> <Xpage=113>

<hw>Bal"as ru`by</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[OE. <ets>bales</ets>, <ets>balais</ets>, F. <ets>balais</ets>, LL. <ets>balascus</ets>, fr. Ar. <ets>balakhsh</ets>, so called from <ets>Badakhshan</ets>, <ets>Balashan</ets>, or <ets>Balaxiam</ets>, a place in the neighborhood of Samarcand, where this ruby is found.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of spinel ruby, of a pale rose red, or inclining to orange. See <er>Spinel</er>.</def>

<h1>Balaustine</h1> <Xpage=113>

<hw>Ba*laus"tine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>balaustium</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The pomegranate tree <spn>(Punica granatum)</spn>. The bark of the root, the rind of the fruit, and the flowers are used medicinally.</def>

<h1>Balbutiate, Balbucinate</h1> <Xpage=113>

<hw><hw>Bal*bu"ti*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bal*bu"ci*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>balbutire</ets>, fr. <ets>balbus</ets> stammering: cf. F. <ets>balbutier</ets>.]</ety> <def>To stammer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Balbuties</h1> <Xpage=113>

<hw>Bal*bu"ti*es</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The defect of stammering; also, a kind of incomplete pronunciation.</def>

<h1>Balcon</h1> <Xpage=113>

<hw>Bal"con</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A balcony.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Pepys.</i>

<h1>Balconied</h1> <Xpage=113>

<hw>Bal"co*nied</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having balconies.</def>

<h1>Balcony</h1> <Xpage=113>

<hw>Bal"co*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Balconies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[It. <ets>balcone</ets>; cf. It. <ets>balco</ets>, <ets>palco</ets>, scaffold, fr. OHG. <ets>balcho</ets>, <ets>pa<?/cho</ets>, beam, G. <ets>balken</ets>. See <er>Balk</er> beam.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; <as>as, a <ex>balcony</ex> in front of a window</as>. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; <as>as, the <ex>balcony</ex> in a theater</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A projecting gallery once common at the stern of large ships.</def>

<note>&hand; "The accent has shifted from the second to the first syllable within these twenty years."</note>

<i>Smart (1836).</i>

<h1>Bald</h1> <Xpage=113>

<hw>Bald</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>balled</ets>, <ets>ballid</ets>, perh. the p.p. of <ets>ball</ets> to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing hair. &root;85. But cf. W. <ets>bali</ets> whiteness in a horse's forehead.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; <as>as, a <ex>bald</ex> head; a <ex>bald</ex> oak.</as></def>

<blockquote>On the <b>bald</b> top of an eminence. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.</def>

<blockquote>In the preface to his own <b>bald</b> translation. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Undisguised.</def> " <i>Bald</i> egotism."