Etymology: French balise = Spanish valiza; of uncertain origin.
A kind of beacon erected at sea, consisting of a pole surmounted by some object, such as a small barrel.
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watereOE
Jack in the Basket1710
balize1847
beacon-bell1862
1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.
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