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A balcony. [Obs.] Pepys.

Having balconies.

of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater.

or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak. On the bald top of an eminence. Wordsworth.

The white-headed eagle (Haliæetus leucocephalus) of America. The young, until several years old, lack the white feathers on the head.

Having a white face or a white mark on the face, as a stag.

A rich brocade; baudekin. [Obs.]

tiful and beloved of the gods; the god of peace; the son of Odin and Freya. [Written also Baldur.]

liquors. Indeed beer, by a mixture of wine, hath lost both name and nature, and is called balderdash. Taylor (Drink and Welcome).

A person whose head is bald. 2 Kings ii. 23.

Having a bald head.

Nakedly; without reserve; inelegantly.

The state or condition of being bald; as, baldness of the head; baldness of style. This gives to their syntax a peculiar character of simplicity and baldness. W. D. Whitney.

A baldheaded person. Shak.

Destitute of hair on the head; baldheaded. Shak.

A piece of pork cut lower down than the sparerib, and destitute of fat. [Eng.] Southey.

lder, across the breast, and under the opposite arm; less properly, any belt. [Also spelt bawdrick.] A radiant baldric o'er his shoulder tied Sustained the sword that glittered at his side. Pope.

A kind of reddish, moderately acid, winter apple. [U.S.]

goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw Bale of dice, a pair of dice. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

es of Majorca, Minorca, Ivica, etc., in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Valencia. Balearic crane. (Zoöl.) See Crane.