balloon

n. ஆவிக்கூண்டு,புகைக்கூண்டு, விளையாட்டு ஊதற்பை, உப்பற்பையுறை, விளையாட்டிற்கான காற்றுட்டப்பட்ட உதை பை, தூண் மீதுள்ள சிற்பக்குட அமைப்பு, மரஞ்செடிகளுக்குத் திட்ட உருக்கொடுக்கும் சட்டம், (வேதி.) வடிகலமாகப் பயனபரம் கண்ணாடிக்கோளகை,(வினை) ஆவிக்கூண்டில் உயரச் செல், புகைக்கூண்டுபோல் பருமனாக, ஊது, உப்பலாகு.

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Bal*loon", n. Etym: [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 aërial navigation. 2. (Arch.) Defn: A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. [R.] 3. (Chem.) Defn: A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form. 4. (Pyrotechnics) Defn: A bomb or shell. [Obs.] 5. A game played with a large inf [Obs.] 6. (Engraving) Defn: 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. Bal*loon", v. t. Defn: To take up in, or as if in, a balloon. Bal*loon", v. i. 1. To go up or voyage in a balloon. 2. To expand, or puff out, like a balloon.

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