Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A crossbow.
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- noun obsolete A
crossbow .
Etymologies
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Latin ballista. Compare balister.
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Examples
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The two had long since disappeared in the room beneath, and yet Hartmut stood grasping the ballister, and looking down into the semi-darkness with vacant eyes.
The Northern Light E. Werner 1878
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