Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sea-mark or beacon at the mouth of a river or the entrance to a harbor; a barrel-buoy, a pole surmounted by a peculiar flag or other object, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A pole or a frame raised as a sea beacon or a landmark.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
pole orframe raised as asea beacon orlandmark .
Etymologies
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French balise; compare Spanish balisa.
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Examples
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The Mississippi [10] is in length, from its head waters to the _balize_ in the gulf of Mexico, about two thousand three hundred miles, and flows through an immense variety of country.
A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America
qms commented on the word balize
It sways with the swells and the breeze
Where rivers flow in to the seas,
The seafarer's token
The long journey's broken,
The weathered but welcome balize.
August 30, 2017