balise, n.f., (nav.) sea-mark, buoy, beacon; (bot.) the fruit of the shot, canna-seed.
baliser, v.a., (nav.) to buoy, to erect beacons.
baliseur, n.m., person who sets up beacons, superintendent of towing-paths.
balisier, n.m., (bot.) shot, American reed.
baliste, n.f., war-machine, ballista; (ich.) file-fish, trigger-fish.
balistique, n.f., ballistics. adj., ballistic.
balivage, n.m., staddling.
baliveau, n.m., staddle.
baliverne, n.f., nonsense, humbug, stuff. Il vous conte des —s; he talks nonsense, tells you cock and bull stories.
baliverner, v.n., to trifle, to talk idly, to fiddle-faddle.