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▪ I. † ˈballow, n.1
[Only in the Shakes. Folio of 1623, and subseq. editions, in loc. cit., where the Quartos have battero, and bat (stick, rough walking-stick); besides which, batton, battoun, ‘stick, cudgel’ obs. f. baton n. (q.v.) is a probable emendation. Bailey (1742) has ‘Ballow, a pole, a long stick, quarter-staff, etc. Shakesp.’ (quoted by Halliwell as ‘Northern’): but no such word seems to exist, or to have any etymological justification.]
1605Shakes. Lear iv. vi. 247 Ice try whither your Costard, or my Ballow be the harder. [Cf. 1675 Cotton Scoffer Scoft 44 With my Battoon I'le bang his sconce.]
▪ II. ballow, n.2|ˈbæləʊ|
‘Deep water inside a shoal or bar.’ Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 1867.
▪ III. † ˈballow, a. Obs. rare—1.
Etymol. and meaning uncertain. A marginal note to Drayton says ‘Gaunt.’ But cf. balgh a.
1612Drayton Poly-olb. Song iii. 40 The ballow Nag out⁓strips the winds in chase. |