Balaam

bā′lam, n. a prophet who strives to mislead, like Balaam in Numb. xxii.-xxiv.: unimportant paragraphs kept in readine to fill up a newspaper.— ns. Bā′laam-box , or -bas′ket , a place in which paragraphs such as the foregoing are kept in readine ; Bā′laamite .— adj. Bālaamit′ical .