balonea (balonea)

[See valonia.] A name for an oak, Quercus Ægilops, large quantities of the cups of which are exported from the Mediterranean basin for tanners' use. valonia. See IMG:content-1599.png:[blocks in formation] II. n. 1. A lullaby. - 2. A song containing this word. N. E. D. bals. An abbreviation of the Latin balsamum, that is, balsam, used in medical prescriptions. balsa, balza (bal'sä, -zä), n. [ F. balse, balze ), 2. A kind of raft or float much used on the west coast of South America for cro ing lakes or rivers, for landing through the surf, and by fishermen. It is there formed of two inflated cylinders of seal-skin or bullock's hide, joined by a sort of platform Tolu, Peru, etc. Many of the resins occur in plants di olved in ethereal injured, it flows out, and becomes thick, or even solid, on exposure to the air, partly from evaporation of the solvent oil, and partly by its oxidation. Such mixtures oils. Should the ve els which contain this solution be of oils and resins are termed balsams. IMG:content-1600.png:[blocks in formation] Is this the balsam that the usuring senate Pours into captains' wounds? Shak . , T. of A., iii. 5. Was not the people's ble ing • a balsam to thy blood? Tennyson, Becket, 1. 24. 51. In alchemy, a healthful preservative e ence, of oily penetrative nature, conceived by Para cels us to exist in all organic bodies. N. E. D.6. A tree yielding an aromatic, oily resin. In the United States the name is often applied generally to the firs (species of Abies ), and sometimes ignorantly to the spruces also. See balsam -tree. 7. The Impatiens balsam in a, a familiar flowering annual, of Eastern origin, cultivated in many Flowering branch of Balsam ( Impatiens fulva). (From Gray's "Genera of the Plants of the United States.") varieties, often called garden - balsam, and in the United States lady's - slipper; also, the native European species, I. Noli - me - tangere, and the American I. fulva. See Impatiens and jewel -weed. In medical prescriptions abbreviated to bals. Balsam of Mecca, balm of Gilead. See balm. - Balsam of Peru, the product of Myroxylon Pereira, a leguminous tree of San Salvador. It is employed in perfumery and the manufacture of soaps, and in medicine as a stimulating ointment and for the relief of asthma and coughs.Balsam of Saturn, a solution of lead acetate in turpentine, concentrated by evaporation and mixed with cam am. phor, formerly used to hasten the cicatrization of wounds. -Balsam of Tolu (from Tolu, a seaport in the United States of Colombia), a product of Myroxylon Toluifera of Venezuela and the United States of Colombia, a species closely allied to M. Pereiræ (see above) It has an agreeable flavor, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and stimulant, though its properties are not important. Brazilian balsam, the product of Myroxylon peruiferum. It closely resembles balsam of Peru.-Broad-leafed balsam, of the West Indies, a small tree belonging to the natural order Araliaceæ, Sciadophyllum capitatum, yielding an aromatic balsam, which is derived chiefly from the berries. - Canada balsam, a transparent liquid resin or turpentine obtained by puncturing the vesicles which form under the bark of the balsam-fir, Abies balsamea of North America. It is much valued for mounting objects for the microscope, as it remains permanently transparent, and it is also used in making varnish. The principal supply is from Canada. Other forms of turpentine from European coniferous trees are sometimes called balsams. - Copalm balsam, a balsam obtained from the sweet-gum, Liquid ambar Styraciflua, very similar to storax and used for similar purposes. Yellow balsam, of Jamaica, Croton slavens, an aromatic euphorbiaceous shrub, covered with a yellow wool. (For other kinds of balsam, see acouchi - resin, gurjun, and lag am. ) balsam (bal's am), v. t. [ anoint with balm or balsam. The gifts of our young and flourishing age are very Bp. Hacket, Abp. Williams, i. 57. on which the pa engers or goods are placed. In the United States the name is given to two or more inflated cylinders of india-rubber, or long casks of metal or wood, secured together in pairs by a framework, and used as a life-saving raft or for cro ing heavy surf. See life - raft . balsam (bal's am), n . [Early mod. E. also bal sem , balsum , balsome (in ME. only as balm , q. v.), balsam , balzam , balsamum , , a balsam-tree; prob. of Semitic origin: see balm .] 1. An oily, aromatic, resinous substance, exuding spontaneously from trees of the genus Balsa mod end ron ; hence, by extension, any aromatic or odoriferous exudation sweet when they are balsamed balsamy 2. To embalm. [Rare.] We had him balsamed and sent home. Motley, Dutch Republic, I. 222.