BAIEBIN 



Baierin, ( ba'gr-in ) = Baierite : a variety of 

 Niobite. 



Baikalite, (balsa-lit). [Lake Baika.] A variety 

 of augite, found near Baika, a lake in Siberia. 



Bailey's beads. [Bailey, the discoverer.] A 

 string of bright spots, seen round part of the 

 moon in an annular eclipse. 



Bakalahari, A timid race, found in the desert 

 of Africa. 



Bakeless. An African people. 



Bakevellia, (bak-vel'li-a). A Permian shell. 



Bala beds. [Bala, in Wales. ] = Bala and 

 Caradoc beds: the highest of the Lower Silu- 

 rian strata: remarkable for fossil brachiopoda 

 and trilobites. 



Balaena, (ba-le'na). [The Latin name.] A 

 genus of Cetacean mammalia, which includes 

 the whale. 



Balsenidae, ( ba-le'ni-d5 ). [Balaena, ?.i'.] = 

 Whales: a general name for all animals re- 

 sembling the whale. 



Balaenodon, ( ba-16'no-don ). [Balcena. and 

 Odontes, q.v.] A term used for several teeth 

 of whales, found in a semi-fossil condition. 



Balaenoptera, (ba-le-nop'tgr-a). [Balaena, 3.1'.; 

 ptera, fins.] = Finners: whales having a fin 

 on the back. 



Balais ruby, A variety of spinel, q.v. 



Balance, (bal'ans). [L. bis, two; lanx, scale.] 

 =Libra: a sign of the Zodiac. 



Balanced slide. A valve so arranged that the 

 pressure of steam upon it is balanced, and 

 does not prevent it being easily moved. 



Balancers=Halteres, q.v. 



Balanidae, (ba-lan'i-de). [Balanus, <7.v.]=Acorn 

 shells=Sessile Cirripedes: small sessile fixed 

 crustacean animals; a sub-division of Cirri- 

 pedia, often spoken of as Sessile Cirripedes. 



Balaninus, (ba-la-ni'nus). [L. balamw, acorn.] 

 An insect belonging to Coleoptera. B. nu- 

 cwm=Nut weevil. 



Balanites, (bal'a-nlts). [Balanus, q.v.] Fossil 

 Balanid39. 



Balanoid, (bal'an-oid). [Balanus, q.v.; Gk. 

 eidos, form.] Kesembling barnacles, or acorn 

 shells. 



Balanophoraceae, ( bal-an-5-for-a'se-S ). [ Gk. 

 balanos, acorn; phoreo, I carry.] Parasitical 

 fungus-like plants, belonging to Ehizogens, 

 growing upon roots of trees, &c. 



Balantia, (bal-an'shi-a). [Gk. balantion, a 

 money bag. ] 1. =Phalanger, a marsupial ani- 

 mal, somewhat resembling the fox. 2. A fern. 



Balanus, (bal'an-us). [L. balanus, acorn.]= 

 Acorn shell. A small crustacean animal, 

 usually found on rocks, ships, &c., having a 

 shell somewhat acorn-shaped. 



Balas ruby=Ballas, q.v. 



Balata, (ba'la-ta). [Bully tree. ] " A gum resin ; 

 the dried sap of Sapota Muelleri or Bully tree. 



Balcony, (bal'ko-ni). [Saloon, the French 

 name.] 1. A gallery outside a building. 2. 

 A gallery in the stern of a large ship. 



Baldachin, (bal'da-kin). [Baldachino, the 

 Italian name.] A canopy of state, especially 

 one used above an altar. 



Bald buzzard=Falco halifetus=Osprey=Fish- 

 ing eagle: a bird of, prey belonging to Fal- 

 conidse. 



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BALM 



Bald-coot=Porphyrio melanotns, a S. Aus- 

 tralian bird. 



Bald crow=Corvus oalvus, a bird belonging 

 to Corvidae. 



Bald money. [A corruption of L. valde bona, 

 very good.] = Meum arithamanticum. A 

 small herb. 



Baldwin's phosphorus. Fused nitrate of lime, 

 which emits light for hours after exposure to 

 sunlight. 



Balearica, (ba-le-a'ri-ka). =Crowned crane: an 

 African bird, belonging to Grallatores. 



Baleen, (balgn). [Balcena, g.v.]=Whalebone: 

 the horny plates lining the roof of the mouth 

 in some whales. 



Balinese. An Oceanic race. 



Balistes, (ba-lis'tez). [Gk. ballo, I throw; 

 dart.] Balistini= Leather jackets^File fish. 

 New Zealand fish with very tough, spiny 

 skins; intermediate between bony and carti- 

 laginous fishes. 



Balistidse, (ba-list'i-de). [Balistes, q.v.] File 

 fishes: a sub-division of Plectognathi, q.v. 



Ball and socket joint, in which a spheroidal 

 surface moves in a cup-like surface, so as to 

 permit motion in any direction, as in the hip 

 or elbow joints. 



Ball-soda. A compound of soda with lime, and 

 formed in the manufacture of sodic carbonate. 



Ball-stone = Wenlock limestone, with large 

 nodules. 



Ball-tin. Balls of tin formed by pouring 

 melted tin upon a copper plate. 



Ball-vein, A miner's term for a vein in which 

 the metal occurs in nodules. 



Ball's dredge. [Dr. Ball, inventor.] A bag 

 of fine network, with a scraper on each side 

 of the mouth. 



Ballan wrasse=Labrus bergylta=L. macula- 

 tus, q.v. 



Ballas ruby, (ballas). A variety of spinel, q.v. 



Ballast, (bal'last). [A.-S. bed, boat; last, load.] 

 Any heavy weight carried in the hold of a 

 vessel to bring the centre of gravity lower 

 down, and so keep the vessel steady. 



Ballesterosite. A variety of iron pyrites. 



Ballister, (bal'lis-ter). [L. balustrum.]=~Balna- 

 ter, q.v. 



Ballistic pendulum, (bal-lis'tik). [Gk. ballo, 

 I throw.] A suspended block of wood used 

 to measure the velocity of projectiles, by the 

 number and extent of its oscillations when 

 struck by the projectile. 



Ballock-grass, (bal'lok). [A.-S. bealloc-wyrt.] 

 A name sometimes used for orchis. 



Balloon, (bal-loon 7 ). [Ballon, the French 

 name.] 1. A spheroid of any light imperme- 

 able material, usually silk, which, when filled 

 with any gas lighter than air (usually hydro- 

 gen), rises through the atmosphere. 2. A 

 spherical glass vessel used in chemistry. 



Ballota, (ballo-ta). [Ballo, I reject unpleas- 

 ant. ]= Stinking or black horehound: an herb 

 belonging to Lamiaceae. 



Balm, (bam). [L. balsamum, balsam-gum.] 

 =Balsam, q.v. =Melissa. B. of Gilead, ob- 

 tained from Icica carana and Dracocephalum. 

 B. of Mecca, obtained from Balsamodendron 

 myrrha. Canada B. t from Abies balsamea. 



