Bale"ful*ly, adv. In a baleful manner; perniciously.
Bale"ful*ness, n. The quality or state of being baleful.
||Bal"i*sa`ur (bl"*sä`r), n. [Hind.] (Zoöl.) A badgerlike animal of India (Arctonyx collaris).
Bal"is*ter (bl"s*tr or b*ls"tr), n. [OF. balestre. See Ballista.] A crossbow. [Obs.] Blount.
Bal"is*toid (&?;), a. (Zoöl.) Like a fish of the genus Balistes; of the family Balistidæ. See Filefish.
||Bal`is*tra"ri*a (&?;), n. [LL.] (Anc. Fort.) A narrow opening, often cruciform, through which arrows might be discharged. Parker.
||Ba*lize" (&?;), n. [F. balise; cf. Sp. balisa.] A pole or a frame raised as a sea beacon or a landmark.
Balk (bk), n. [AS. balca beam, ridge; akin to Icel. blkr partition, bjlki beam, OS. balko, G. balken; cf. Gael. balc ridge of earth between two furrows. Cf. Balcony, Balk, v. t., 3d Bulk.] 1. A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.
Bad plowmen made balks of such ground.
Fuller.
2. A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie- beam of a house. The loft above was called "the balks."
Tubs hanging in the balks.
Chaucer.
3. (Mil.) One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.