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Ballow

//ˈbæ.ləʊ// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Round; pot-bellied. obsolete

    "A horse of greater speed, nor yet a righter hound, Not any where twixt Kent and Calidon is found. Nor yet the levell South can shewe a smoother Race, Whereas the ballow Nag out-strips the winds in chase;"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Deep water inside a shoal or bar.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English balowe, balwe, balgh, from Old English bælg, bæliġ (“bag, purse, leathern bottle, pair of bellows, pod, husk”), from Proto-Germanic *balgiz (“bag”). Doublet of belly, bellows, and bulge.

Etymology 2

Unknown.

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