Baleen

[Fr. baleine.] ( Com. ) Plates or slabs of whale- bone, q. v. Bale'-fire, n. [A. S. bæl - fyr, the fire of a funeral pyre.] A lighted beacon; an alarm-fire. "Sweet Teviot! on thy silver tide The gloomy bale - fires blaze no more."-Walter Scott. Bale'ful, a. Full of bale; replete with misery; deadly; pernicious; full of calamity, sorrow, or mischief; sad; woful. "But when I feel the bitter baleful smart, Which her fair eyes unawares do work in me."-Spenser. IMG:content-0501.png:[graphic] itous manner. Bale'fully, adv . Sorrowfully; perniciously; in a calamBale'fulne , n. State or quality of bale; condition of being baleful. Balen'ic Acid. ( Chem .) A fatty acid, fusing at 1640; obtained from the oil of ben. Form . C30H3004Balfe', MICHAEL WILLIAM, a celebrated musical composer, was B. in Dublin, 1808. In 1827 he went to Paris, where, under the name of "Balfi," he met with great succe as a ba singer, with Malibran and Sontag. He then went to Italy, and wrote a long series of operas for Milan, Paris, and London. In 1845, B. became director of the Italian Opera in the latter city. It is a curious fact that the operas of this composer have been more popular in Germany than in any other country. His Bohemian Girl and the Quatre Fils d'Aymon , had an immense succe at Berlin. B. is a disciple of Paer and Ro ini, and to some extent imitates Auber in his productions. His opera-airs are melodious, but he is destitute of the true creative genius. His principal works are, besides the above-mentioned, the Siege of Rochelle , the Enchantre , Les Puits d'Amour , the Jewe , the Daughter of St. Mark, the Rose of Castile, Satanella , . D. 1870. Balfour, SIR JAMES, lord-president of the Court of Se ion in Scotland, and the reputed author of Practicks of the Law , rose to eminence as a privy councillor and judge, and was with Mary Queen of Scots at Holyrood on the night of the a a ination of Rizzio. He was, shortly afterwards, knighted by the queen, and subsequently attached himself to the fortunes of Both well, uniting in the conspiracy against Darnley. He prepared the house in the Kirk of Field for the atrocious murder of that unfortunate nobleman, and was, in the despatch of the Earl of Lennox, charged with being an accomplice in that crime. He seems to have changed sides with every party in power. After being concerned in nearly all the stormy intrigues of the times, now fleeing from his country to save his head, and now returning to become an accuser, a prosecutor, and condemner of others, he died 1583. Balfroosh', a large and flourishing city of Persia, prov. of Mazunderan, on the Bahbul, about 12 m. from the S. shore of the Caspian Sea. Lat. 36° 37′ N.; Lon. 54° 42′ E. It po e es an extensive trade, and has a large number of caravans eras, bazaars, and med ra es or colleges. Pop . 50,000. Bali, or LITTLE JAVA, an island of the E. or Malay Archipelago, 1st div.; lying in 8° 42′ 5′′ S. Lat., and 116° 33′ E. Lon. Area , 16,845 sq. m. Length, 70 m., by an average breadth of 35. Soil and Prod . Soil tolerably fertile, producing rice, gambier, . The natives, being superior to the Malays and Javanese in size, strength, and intelligence, are preferred by the Chinece as laborers. P. about 700,000.