† ballistn.¹

Forms: Middle English baliste, Middle English balyste, 1600s 1800s balist, 1600s–1800s ballist, 1700s balliste.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French baliste; Latin ballista.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French baliste and its etymon classical Latin ballista (for both, see ballista n.). Compare earlier ballista n.

Obsolete.

1. = ballista n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > [noun] > ballista

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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Macc. vi. 20 Thei maden balistis, an instrument for to cast shaftis and stoonys [a1425 L.V. arblastis; 1609 Douay, balists, L. balistas].

a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 1193 (MED) Tech hem..The dart, baliste, and bowe, and cast of stoon.

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. d.iii^v That he may haue vnderstanding, both of Regular and Mathematicall Musike: that he may temper well his Balistes, Catapultes, and Scorpions.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxiv. xl. 537 Catapults and Balists [L. ballistas]..provided for the assault of the cittie.

1721 G. Booth tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Libr. (ed. 2) ii. 67 The Enemy..made little impression on the Besieg'd by reason of the strength of the Walls; for Ballistes to cast Stones..and Battering Rams were not known in those Ages.

1861 T. Lewin Jerusalem 87 On the side of Judas were mines and ballists and desperate sallies.

1878 E. G. Sihler Ann. Caesar (1911) iv. 63 Old Lutatius Catulus, leader of the senate, voiced their common sentiment: ‘No longer with mines, but with battering-rams and catapults and ballists is Cæsar grasping the government.’

2. Surgery. = ballista n. 2. rare.

ΚΠ

?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 188 Of the witte of drawynge out of arwes & of oþer þinges smyten yn..The eyȝte instrument is baliste (i. arweblaste) [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. a balista i. awblast; L. balista].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

Ballistn.²adj.

Brit.

/ˈbalɪst/, U.S.

/ˈbæləst/,

/ˈbɑləst/

Forms: 1900s– Ballist, 1900s– Balliste (rare). Also occasionally with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Albanian. Etymon: Albanian ballist.

Etymology: < Albanian ballist (1943 or earlier) < Balli (in Balli Kombëtar National Front; < balli , definite form of ballë front, forehead (perhaps < the same Indo-European base as Old Prussian ballo forehead) + kombëtar national ( < komb nation, knot ( < Byzantine Greek κόμβος knot; of uncertain origin) + -tar , suffix forming adjectives from nouns)) + -ist -ist suffix.In form Balliste after French balliste (1968 in the passage translated in quot. 1971 at sense A.).

Now historical.

A. n.²

A member of Balli Kombëtar, an Albanian nationalist and republican movement active during the Second World War (1939–45).The movement was formed in May 1939 to oppose the Italian Fascist occupation of Albania. In October 1942 it was relaunched as a fully-organized resistance movement in opposition to the communist-led Lëvizja Nacionalçlirimtare (National Liberation Movement), by which it was ultimately defeated in 1943–4.

ΚΠ

1944 J. Amery in Daily Sitrep Albania 1 June (P.R.O.: WO204/95390) Zogism embraces Nats of all kinds including Ballists anxious to reinsure.

1958 P. Kemp No Colours or Crest (1960) v. 84 As convinced Republicans the Ballists were opponents of King Zog.

1971 D. Coltman tr. I. Kadare General of Dead Army xv. 154 Somewhere in the south, so I was told in Tirana, they opened the graves of two ballistes by mistake.

2005 O. Pearson Albania in Occupation & War iv. 285 Azis Sharra, a young Ballist, was shot dead in a street in Vlorë.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or supporting Balli Kombëtar.

ΚΠ

1948 J. Amery Sons of Eagle ii. 57 Until the end of 1942 the Ballist leaders had formed what might be described as the constitutional opposition to the Italians.

1958 P. Kemp No Colours or Crest (1960) vi. 108 The villages near the Korçë-Leskovik road were Ballist.

2005 O. Pearson Albania in Occupation & War v. 320 The British party were ambushed by a band of Ballist collaborators with the Germans.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ballist
释义	† ballistn.¹ Forms: Middle English baliste, Middle English balyste, 1600s 1800s balist, 1600s–1800s ballist, 1700s balliste. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French baliste; Latin ballista. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French baliste and its etymon classical Latin ballista (for both, see ballista n.). Compare earlier ballista n. Obsolete. 1. = ballista n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > [noun] > ballista ballistaeOE ginc1325 mangonelc1325 springalc1330 ballistc1384 scorpionc1384 tormentc1384 trebuchet1388 fowler1420 dondainec1430 onagera1460 perrier1481 trabuch?1482 bricole1489 coillard1489 mouton1489 sambuca1489 martinet1523 racket1535 sling1535 brake1552 catapult1577 sweep1598 sling-dart1600 petrary1610 espringal1614 scorpion-bowa1629 swafe1688 sackbut1756 mangona1773 matafunda1773 lombard1838 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Macc. vi. 20 Thei maden balistis, an instrument for to cast shaftis and stoonys [a1425 L.V. arblastis; 1609 Douay, balists, L. balistas]. a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 1193 (MED) Tech hem..The dart, baliste, and bowe, and cast of stoon. 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. d.iii^v That he may haue vnderstanding, both of Regular and Mathematicall Musike: that he may temper well his Balistes, Catapultes, and Scorpions. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxiv. xl. 537 Catapults and Balists [L. ballistas]..provided for the assault of the cittie. 1721 G. Booth tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Libr. (ed. 2) ii. 67 The Enemy..made little impression on the Besieg'd by reason of the strength of the Walls; for Ballistes to cast Stones..and Battering Rams were not known in those Ages. 1861 T. Lewin Jerusalem 87 On the side of Judas were mines and ballists and desperate sallies. 1878 E. G. Sihler Ann. Caesar (1911) iv. 63 Old Lutatius Catulus, leader of the senate, voiced their common sentiment: ‘No longer with mines, but with battering-rams and catapults and ballists is Cæsar grasping the government.’ 2. Surgery. = ballista n. 2. rare. ΚΠ ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 188 Of the witte of drawynge out of arwes & of oþer þinges smyten yn..The eyȝte instrument is baliste (i. arweblaste) [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. a balista i. awblast; L. balista]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2021). Ballistn.²adj. Brit. /ˈbalɪst/, U.S. /ˈbæləst/, /ˈbɑləst/ Forms: 1900s– Ballist, 1900s– Balliste (rare). Also occasionally with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Albanian. Etymon: Albanian ballist. Etymology: < Albanian ballist (1943 or earlier) < Balli (in Balli Kombëtar National Front; < balli , definite form of ballë front, forehead (perhaps < the same Indo-European base as Old Prussian ballo forehead) + kombëtar national ( < komb nation, knot ( < Byzantine Greek κόμβος knot; of uncertain origin) + -tar , suffix forming adjectives from nouns)) + -ist -ist suffix.In form Balliste after French balliste (1968 in the passage translated in quot. 1971 at sense A.). Now historical. A. n.² A member of Balli Kombëtar, an Albanian nationalist and republican movement active during the Second World War (1939–45).The movement was formed in May 1939 to oppose the Italian Fascist occupation of Albania. In October 1942 it was relaunched as a fully-organized resistance movement in opposition to the communist-led Lëvizja Nacionalçlirimtare (National Liberation Movement), by which it was ultimately defeated in 1943–4. ΚΠ 1944 J. Amery in Daily Sitrep Albania 1 June (P.R.O.: WO204/95390) Zogism embraces Nats of all kinds including Ballists anxious to reinsure. 1958 P. Kemp No Colours or Crest (1960) v. 84 As convinced Republicans the Ballists were opponents of King Zog. 1971 D. Coltman tr. I. Kadare General of Dead Army xv. 154 Somewhere in the south, so I was told in Tirana, they opened the graves of two ballistes by mistake. 2005 O. Pearson Albania in Occupation & War iv. 285 Azis Sharra, a young Ballist, was shot dead in a street in Vlorë. B. adj. Of, relating to, or supporting Balli Kombëtar. ΚΠ 1948 J. Amery Sons of Eagle ii. 57 Until the end of 1942 the Ballist leaders had formed what might be described as the constitutional opposition to the Italians. 1958 P. Kemp No Colours or Crest (1960) vi. 108 The villages near the Korçë-Leskovik road were Ballist. 2005 O. Pearson Albania in Occupation & War v. 320 The British party were ambushed by a band of Ballist collaborators with the Germans. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹c1384n.²adj.1944
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† ballistn.1

Ballistn.2adj.

† ballistn.¹

Ballistn.²adj.