balmony (balmoni)

[Appar. a var. of bald money.] A name sometimes given in the United States to the plant snakehead, Chelone glabra. Balmoral (bal-mor'al), a. or n. A name given (usually with a capital as an adjective and without as a noun) to various articles of dre po e ing unusual strength and weight, in imitation of the materials or style of those worn out of doors by Queen Victoria, or the members of her family, during visits to the royal residence at Balmoral, in Aberdeen shire, Scotland. - Balmoral boots, shoes or ankle-boots that lace up in front, worn by both men and women. Also called balmorals.-Balmoral petticoat, a woolen petticoat, originally red with black stripes, intended to be displayed below the skirt of the dre , which was looped up. balmy (bä'mi), a. [ O balmy breath, that doth almost persuade Justice to break her sword! Shak ., Othello, v. 2. And I would be the necklace, And all day long to fall and rise Upon her balmy bosom, With her laughter or her sighs. Tennyson , Miller's Daughter. Pope , by ballot. J. Harrington. [Rare.]