Part 877

<i>Goldsmith.</i>

<h1>Bale</h1> <Xpage=113>

<hw>Bale</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Bail</er>, <tt>v. t.,</tt> to lade.</def>

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<h1>Bale</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bale</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>bealo</ets>, <ets>bealu</ets>, <ets>balu</ets>; akin to OS. <ets><?/alu</ets>, OHG. <ets>balo</ets>, Icel. <ets>b\'94l</ets>, Goth. <ets>balweins</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Misery; <?/alamity; misfortune; sorrow.</def>

<blockquote>Let now your bliss be turned into <b>bale</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury.</def> <mark>[Now chiefly poetic]</mark>

<h1>Balearic</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bal`e*ar"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Balearicus</ets>, fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets> the Balearic Islands.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the isles of Majorca, Minorca, Ivica, etc., in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Valencia.</def>

<cs><col>Balearic crane</col>. <cd><fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> See <er>Crane</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Baleen</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Ba*leen"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>baleine</ets> whale and whalibone, L. <ets>balaena</ets> a whale; cf. Gr. <ets><?/</ets>. ]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l. & Com.)</fld> <def>Plates or blades of "whalebone," from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales <spn>(Bal\'91noidea)</spn> are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth.</def>

<h1>Balefire</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bale"fire`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>b<?/lj<?/r</ets> the fire of the <?/uneral pile; <ets>b<?/l</ets> fire, flame (akin to Icel. <ets>b\'bel</ets>, OSlav. <ets>b<?/l<?/</ets>, white, Gr. <ets><?/</ets> bright, white, Skr. <ets>bh\'bela</ets> brightness) + <ets>f<?/r</ets>, E. <ets>fire</ets>.]</ety> <def>A signal fire; an alarm fire.</def>

<blockquote>Sweet Teviot! on thy silver tide The glaring <b>balefires</b> blaze no more. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Baleful</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bale"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>bealoful</ets>. See <er>Bale</er> misery.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive.</def> "<i>Baleful</i> enemies."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Four infernal rivers that disgorge Into the burning lake their <b>baleful</b> streams. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Full of grief or sorrow; woeful; sad.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<h1>Balefully</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bale"ful*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a baleful manner; perniciously.</def>

<h1>Balefulness</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bale"ful*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being baleful.</def>

<h1>Balisaur</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bal"i*sa`ur</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A badgerlike animal of India <spn>(Arcionyx collaris)</spn>.</def>

<h1>Balister</h1> <Xpage=114>