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A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. [R.]

A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. See Globefish, and Bur fish.

Swelled out like a balloon.

One who goes up in a balloon; an aëronaut.

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

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.

A system of balloting or voting in public elections, originally used in South Australia, in which there is such an arrangement for polling votes that secrecy is compulsorily maintained, and the ballot used is an official ballot printed and distributed by the government.

A game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds ( four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to make after striking the ball.

indoors, in which two parties of players contest with each other to toss a large inflated ball into opposite goals resembling baskets.