Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BAL-LIS'TIC
BAL-LIS'TIC, a. [L. ballista, an engine to throw stones, or shoot darts, from Gr. βαλλω, to throw or shoot.]
Pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of shooting darts, and other missive weapons, by means of an engine.
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