BALLOON

Definitions

1. 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. 2. A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. [R.]
3. 3. A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
4. 4. A bomb or shell. [Obs.]
5. 5. A game played with a large inf [Obs.]
6. 6. The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure. Air balloon, a balloon for aërial 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.