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g 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.

A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession. [Written also baldachino, baldaquin, etc.]

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

er one shoulder, 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 bundle or package of 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.

near one end, marking a limit within which the cue balls are placed in beginning a game; also, a line around the table, parallel to the sides, used in playing a particular game, called the balk line game.

A person who stands on a rock or eminence to espy the shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass; a conder; a huer.

An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in a hollow molding.

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…

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

, because its colors (black and orange red) are like those of his coat of arms; -- called also golden robin.

A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army.

A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.

a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals.

A little banner, flag, or streamer. [Written also bannerol.] From the extremity of which fluttered a small banderole or streamer bearing a cross. Sir W. Scott.

The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn. His hair cut in front like a young lady's bang. W. D. Howells.

A Hindoo trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer. [Written also banyan.]

To pass by the banks of. [Obs.] Shak. To bank a fire, To bank up a fire, to cover the coals or embers with ashes or cinders, thus keeping the fire low but alive.

Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank.

A gigantic African tree (Adansonia digitata), also naturalized in India. See Adansonia.