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I IIa spot, Irish, Middle Irish ball, white-spotted on forehead (of a horse), Breton bal (do.). The Gaelic suggests a stem bal-no-, Celtic root bal, white, Greek $$G falós, shining, fálaros (phala$$-ros), white-spotted (of animals); Indo-European bhe$$-l: bhale, shine; whence English bale-fire. Stokes says the Irish ball seems allied to the Romance balla, a ball, English bale and ball(?). Hence ballach, spotted. Welsh bal, spotted on forehead.IIIa ball; from English
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