Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An epithet of uncertain meaning, in the following passage: the apparent etymology suggests ‘round,’ ‘pot-bellied.’
- noun Nautical, deep water inside a shoal or bar.
- noun A word used only by Shakspere in the passage cited, in the folio of 1623, where the quarto editions have battero and bat; it is, like
battero , apparently a misprint for batton, battoon, or battoun, a stick, cudgel. See batton, batoon, baton, and bat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A cudgel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical Deep
water inside ashoal orbar . - noun obsolete A
cudgel . - adjective obsolete
Round ; pot-bellied.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Nay, come not near th old man; keep out, che vor ye, or ise try whether your costard or my ballow be the harder.
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It is far from certain that the outpouring of sympathy for the Kaczynski family - seen in the huge numbers that turned out in Warsaw to see the fallen leader's hearse travel to the presidential palace - would translate into ballow box support.
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It is far from certain that the outpouring of sympathy for the Kaczynski family - seen in the huge numbers that turned out in Warsaw to see the fallen leader's hearse travel to the presidential palace - would translate into ballow box support.
www.kyivpost.com 2010
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It is far from certain that the outpouring of sympathy for the Kaczynski family - seen in the huge numbers that turned out in Warsaw to see the fallen leader's hearse travel to the presidential palace - would translate into ballow box support.
Home - BostonHerald.com Associated Press 2010
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It is far from certain that the outpouring of sympathy for the Kaczynski family - seen in the huge numbers that turned out in Warsaw to see the fallen leader's hearse travel to the presidential palace - would translate into ballow box support.
Home - BostonHerald.com Associated Press 2010
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Nay, come not near th 'old man; keep out, che vor ye, or ise try whether your costard or my ballow be the harder: ch'ill be plain with you.
King Lear 1605
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We respect Mexico as an important neighbor and trading partner, and we feel that the increased use of the secret ballow in union recognition elections will help bring real democracy to the Mexican workplace.
Texas Rainmaker 2008
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Nay, come not near th’ old man; keep out, che vor ye, or ise try whether your costard or my ballow be the harder: ch’ill be plain with you.
King Lear 2004
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