balloon

Definitions

1. 1.(Arch.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. [R.]
2. 2.(Chem.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
3. 3.(Pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell. [Obs.]
4. 4.A game played with a large inf [Obs.]
5. 5.(Engraving) The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure. Air balloon, a balloon for aërial navigation. -- Balloon frame (Carp.), a house frame constructed altogether of small timber. -- Balloon net, a variety of woven lace in which the weft threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around the warp.
6. 6.To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
7. 7.To go up or voyage in a balloon.
8. 8.To expand, or puff out, like a balloon.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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