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The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.

Having the qualities of balm; odoriferous; aromatic; assuaging; soothing; refreshing; mild. "The balmy breeze." Tickell. Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep ! Young.

Belonging to a bath. [Obs.]

Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

t spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed of a uniform red or dark color, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure. Ure.

f with a blow or succession of blows; as, the window blind banged and waked me; he was banging on the piano.

in some other countries, upon the wrist or ankle; a ring bracelet. Bangle ear, a loose hanging ear of a horse, like that of a spaniel.

A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ. Knight.

ch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the house.

upposed to warn a family of the approaching death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice.

ar, with a ball or half ball at each end; -- formerly used for destroying the masts or rigging in naval combat. -- Bar sinister (Her.), a term popularly but erroneously used for baton, a mark of illegitimacy. See Baton. -- Bar tracery (Arch.), ornamental stonework resembling bars of iron twisted into the forms requir…

One of the elements, belonging to the alkaline earth group; a metal having a silver-white color, and melting at a very high temperature. It is difficult to obtain the pure metal, from the facility with which it becomes oxidized in the air. Atomic weight,

A yard belonging to a barn.

An instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere, and hence for judging of the probable changes of weather, or for ascertaining the height of any ascent.

The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels. [Also spelt barretry.] Coke. Blackstone.

A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads.

To traffic or trade, by exchanging one commodity for another, in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money is paid for the commodities transferred; to truck.

A small, overhanging structure for lookout or defense, usually projecting at an angle of a building or near an entrance gateway.

A soldier belonging to the irregular troops of the Turkish army.

A lizard of the genus Basiliscus, belonging to the family Iguanidæ.