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Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east..

Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A bomb or shell.

Parachute :: Parachute (n.) A contrivance somewhat in the form of an umbrella, by means of which a descent may be made from a balloon, or any eminence..

Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aerial navigation..

Aerostat :: Aerostat (n.) A balloon.

Dirigible :: Dirigible (a.) Capable of being directed; steerable; as, a dirigible balloon..

Aerostat :: Aerostat (n.) A balloonist; an aeronaut.

Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A game played with a large inflated ball.

Ballooning Spider :: Ballooning spider () A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.

Ballooning :: Ballooning (n.) The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales..

Montgolfier :: Montgolfier (n.) A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon..

Car :: Car (n.) The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc..

Waft :: Waft (v. t.) To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel..

Ballooning :: Ballooning (n.) The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.

Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London..

Ballooner :: Ballooner (n.) One who goes up in a balloon; an aeronaut.

Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form..

Balloon :: Balloon (v. t.) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon..

Balloonist :: Balloonist (n.) An aeronaut.

Aerostation :: Aerostation (n.) Aerial navigation; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air.

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