ballas

[ bal-uhs ]

/ ˈbæl əs /

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noun (used with a singular verb)Mineralogy.

a spherical aggregate of small diamond crystals used for drilling and for various industrial purposes.

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Origin of ballas

Apparently variant of balas in phrase balas ruby spinel ruby, balas being taken to mean “spinel”

Words nearby ballas

ball-and-socket joint, Ballantyne, Ballarat, Ballard, Ballardian, ballas, ballast, ballast line, ballast pocket, ballata, ball bearing

How to use ballas in a sentence

Item an M of provune gollde with a grette Ballas & a Dyamond.
Mary Tudor, Queen of France|Mary Croom Brown
This cannot be distinguished from certain fragments obtained in the Neolithic cemetery at Ballas.
El Kab|J.E. Quibell
A rough example of No. 44 was found at Ballas, used anciently as a lamp with floating wick.
El Kab|J.E. Quibell
The crucial case at Ballas was the secondary burial of a Libyan found in one of a group of stairway mastabas.
El Kab|J.E. Quibell

The sides of one Neolithic tomb at Ballas were lined with bars of this kind.
El Kab|J.E. Quibell