The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ballow \Bal"low\, n.
A cudgel. [Obs.]
--Shak.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 a. (context obsolete English) round; pot-bellied. Etymology 2
n. (context nautical English) Deep water inside a shoal or bar. Etymology 3
n. (context obsolete English) A cudgel.
Usage examples of "ballow".
Bendodi Ballow-Reese, the oldest member of ExGal-4 at fifty-three, but a former barnstormer search-and-destroy agent with the Rebel Alliance, guarding the right.
To everyone's surprise, Bendodi Ballow-Reese pulled off his oxygen pack and tossed it to Jerem Cadmir.
The tide drained Erdstone Pool, then came rushing back through the Ballows.
Water trickled across the mud-flats and only a languid current passed through the Ballows.
TheClanche sailed out the Ballows and southward across the Long Ocean.