1.A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aerial navigation.
2.(Arch.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. (R.)
3.(Chem.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
4.(Pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell. (Obs.)
5.A game played with a large inflated ball. (Obs.)
6.(Engraving) The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
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