BALLARDNOUN
1. a bald-headed person ...1382 obs. 2. a castrated ram ...1796 Eng. dial. ETYMOLOGY (for definition 1) apparently from 'ball' a white streak or spot + -ard FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1382 - see Example below EXAMPLE "... And scorneden to hym seying, Stye up, ballard!" From: John Wyclif's Bible, 1382 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia, William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891 • Dictionary of Early English, Joseph Shipley, 1955 • A Middle English Dictionary, Francis Henry Stratmann, Henry Bradley, 1891 • The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905
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