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Definition of Ballow
1. n. A cudgel.
Definition of Ballow
1. Adjective. (obsolete) Round; pot-bellied. ¹
2. Noun. (context: nautical) Deep water inside a shoal or bar. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) A cudgel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ballow
1. a cudgel [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ballow
Literary usage of Ballow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1885)
"Johnson says that he learned what law he knew chiefly from 'a Mr. ballow, a very
able man.' He died in London on 26 July 1782 (Gent. Mag\ aged 75. ..."
2. Notes on Texas Reports: A Chronological Series of Annotations of the by Walter Malins Rose, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Texas Supreme Court, Charles Lawrence Thompson, 1875- ed, Charles Lawrence Thompson (1911)
"Cr. 142, 57 SW 806; ballow v. State, 42 Tex. Cr. 2Go, 58 SW 1024. Approved in
Green v. State, 56 Tex. Cr. 601, 120 SW 1003, holding error to admit, ..."
3. The Universalists' Hymn-book: A New Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for the by Hosea Ballou, Edward Turner, IDC Publishers, Boston University, Nutter-Metcalf Hymnological Collection, School of Theology, Library (1821)
"H. ballow. HYMN 108. CM By grace are ye saved, &c. Eph. it. 3. But by th' eternal
Word. 2 The power of God, in Christ reveal'd, T3Y grace the great ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee by Tennessee Supreme Court, George Shall Yerger (1836)
"Turney said, in substance, that he once bad a claim to the land in question,
during which he had sold it to ballow, but finding his title defective ..."
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