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A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.

An aëronaut.

The art or practice of ascending in a balloon; aëronautics.

Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.

A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out.

In France, a second ballot taken after an indecisive first ballot to decide between two or several candidates.

Voting by ballot. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

One who votes by ballot.

An officer who has charge of a ballot box. [Obs.] Harrington.

A cudgel. [Obs.] Shak.

Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms.

A room for balls or dancing.

Anything that heals or that mitigates pain. "Balm for each ill." Mrs. Hemans. Balm cricket (Zoöl.), the European cicada. Tennyson. -- Balm of Gilead (Bot.), a small evergreen African and Asiatic tree of the terebinthine family (Balsamodendron Gileadense). Its leaves yield, when bruised, a strong aromatic scent; and fr…

To render balmy. [Obs.] Cheyne.

In a balmy manner. Coleridge.

A kind of stout walking shoe, laced in front. A man who uses his balmorals to tread on your toes. George Eliot.

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

Of or pertaining to a bath. Howell.

A bathing room. Sir T. Browne.

The act of bathing. [R.]