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BALL, n.[L. pila; A ball may signify a mass from collecting, or it may be that w...
BAL'LAD, n. A song; originally, a solemn song of praise; but now a meaner kind o...
BAL'LAD-MAKER, n. A maker or composer of ballads.
BAL'LAD-MONGER, n. [See Monger ] A dealer in writing ballads.
BAL'LAD-SINGER, n. One whose employment is to sing ballads.
BAL'LAD-STYLE, n. The air or manner of a ballad.
BAL'LAD-TUNE, n. The tune of a ballad.
BAL'LAD-WRITER, n. A composer of ballads.
BAL'LADER, n. A writer of ballads.
BAL'LADRY, n. The subject or style of ballads.
BAL'LARAG, v.t. To bully; to threaten. [Not in use.]
BAL'LAST, n. 1. Heavy matter, as stone, sand or iron, laid on the bottom of a sh...
BAL'LASTED, pp. Furnished with ballast; kept steady by a counterpoising force.
BAL'LASTING, ppr. Furnishing with ballast; keeping steady. BAL'LASTING , n. Ball...
BAL'LATED, a. Sung in a ballad. [Little used.]
BALLATOON', n. A heavy luggage boat employed on the rivers about the Caspian Lake.