ballow
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See also: Ballow
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English balowe, balwe, balgh, from Old English bælg, bæliġ (“bag, purse, leathern bottle, pair of bellows, pod, husk”), from Proto-Germanic *balgiz (“bag”). Doublet of belly, bellows, and bulge.
Adjective
[edit]ballow (comparative more ballow, superlative most ballow)
- (obsolete) Round; pot-bellied.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 3 p. 40:
- A horse of greater speed, nor yet a righter hound,
Not any where twixt Kent and Calidon is found.
Nor yet the levell South can shewe a smoother Race,
Whereas the ballow Nag out-strips the winds in chase;
Etymology 2
[edit]Unknown.
Noun
[edit]ballow (plural ballows)
References
[edit]- “ballow”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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