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Balloon \Bal*loon"\, v. t.
To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
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Balloon \Bal*loon"\, v. i.
1. To go up or voyage in a balloon.
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2. To expand, or puff out, like a balloon.
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Balloon \Bal*loon"\, n. [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
a["e]rial navigation.
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2. (Arch.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church,
etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. [R.]
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3. (Chem.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold
or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a
spherical form.
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4. (Pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell. [Obs.]
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5. A game played with a large inflated ball. [Obs.]
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6. (Engraving) The outline inclosing words represented as
coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
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{Air balloon}, a balloon for a["e]rial navigation.

{Balloon frame} (Carp.), a house frame constructed altogether
of small timber.

{Balloon net}, a variety of woven lace in which the weft
threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around the warp.
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