Defn: See Bailey.
BALLOON
Bal*loon", n. Etym: [F. ballon, aug. of balle ball: cf. It. ballone.
See 1st Ball, n., and cf. Pallone.]
1. A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aërial navigation.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St.
Paul's, in London. [R.]
3. (Chem.)
Defn: A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
4. (Pyrotechnics)
Defn: A bomb or shell. [Obs.]
5. A game played with a large inf [Obs.]