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▪ I. † ballon1 Obs. rare—1.
[a. F. balon ‘a little ball or packe’ (Cotgr.), f. bale, balle, bale n.3]
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. Bale, A bale or ballon of paper..consists of 14 reams.
▪ II. ‖ ballon2|balɔ̃|
[Fr., balloon.]
1. Elasticity or buoyancy in dancing; the smooth falling and rising of the feet in the passage from step to step.
1830R. Barton tr. Blasis's Code of Terpsichore ii. i. 53 Observe the ballon; nothing can be more delightful than to see you bounding with graceful elasticity in your steps, scarcely touching the ground, and seeming at every movement on the point of flying into the air. 1922Beauclerk & Evrenov tr. Svetlov's Thamar Karsavina 32 When he [sc. Nijinsky] was rehearsing it was customary for other artists to..ask him to show them his great step (ballon). 1936A. L. Haskell Prelude to Ballet 111 Ballon, referring not to the height of a jump but to the correct manner of landing in order to take off again (i.e. bounce). 1958Times 11 Dec. 3/2 As he [sc. Stravinsky] came on to the platform he stumbled and regained his balance with a dancer's ballon.
2. A balloon glass (see balloon n.1 10).
1934E. Waugh Handful of Dust ii. 75 A ballon of liqueur brandy. 1939J. Dell Nobody ordered Wolves xvii. 296 ‘I've just been thinking,’ he declared, turning a ballon slowly by the stem. |