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Webster 1913 Edition
Balcony
Bal′co-ny
(băl′kō̍-ny̆; 277)
, Noun.
pl.
Balconies
(băl′kō̍-nĭz)
. [It.
balcone
; cf. It. balco
, palco
, scaffold, fr. OHG. balcho
, palcho
, beam, G. balken
. See Balk
beam.] 1.
(Arch.)
A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet;
as, a
. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; balcony
in front of a windowas, the
. balcony
in a theater2.
A projecting gallery once common at the stern of large ships.
☞ “The accent has shifted from the second to the first syllable within these twenty years.”
Smart (1836).