Part 883

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Engraving)</fld> <def>The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.</def>

<cs><col>Air balloon</col>, <cd>a balloon for a\'89rial navigation.</cd> -- <col>Balloon frame</col> <fld>(Carp.)</fld>, <cd>a house frame constructed altogether of small timber.</cd> -- <col>Balloon net</col>, <cd>a variety of woven lace in which the weft threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around the warp.</cd></cs>

<h1>Balloon</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bal*loon"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.</def>

<h1>Balloon</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bal*loon"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To go up or voyage in a balloon.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To expand, or puff out, like a balloon.</def>

<h1>Ballooned</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bal*looned"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Swelled out like a balloon.</def>

<h1>Ballooner</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bal*loon"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who goes up in a balloon; an a\'89ronaut.</def>

<h1>Balloon fish</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bal*loon" fish`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A fish of the genus <spn>Diodon</spn> or the genus <spn>Tetraodon</spn>, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. See <er>Globefish</er>, and <er>Bur fish</er>.</def>

<h1>Ballooning</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bal*loon"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Stock Exchange)</fld> <def>The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Ballooning spider</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bal*loon"ing spi"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of <spn>Lycosa</spn>) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.</def>

<h1>Balloonist</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bal*loon"ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An a\'89ronaut.</def>

<h1>Balloonry</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bal*loon"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art or practice of ascending in a balloon; a\'89ronautics.</def>

<h1>Ballot</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bal"lot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>ballotte</ets>, fr. It. <ets>ballotta</ets>. See <er>Ball</er> round body.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets.</def>

<blockquote>The insufficiency of the <b>ballot</b>. <i>Dickens.</i></blockquote>

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