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Webster 1913 Edition

Ballow

Bal′low

,
Noun.
A cudgel.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Definition 2024

ballow

ballow

English

Adjective

ballow ‎(comparative more ballow, superlative most ballow)

  1. (obsolete) Round; pot-bellied.

Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

Noun

ballow ‎(plural ballows)

  1. (nautical) Deep water inside a shoal or bar.

Etymology 3

Origin obscure.

Noun

ballow ‎(plural ballows)

  1. (obsolete) A cudgel.

References

  • ballow in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Etymology

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”), from Proto-Indo-European *bholǵʰ- ‎(“leathern bag, pillow, mattress, paunch”). More at belly.

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