See Also: balter(1)(dictionary)
balter(2)(dictionary)

methane (iou) and balter(1) (iou)


methane (iou)



methane noun. M19.
[from METH- + -ANE.]
Chemistry. A colourless odourless flammable gas, CH4, the simplest of the alkanes, which occurs in natural gas, coal gas, and decaying organic matter, forms an explosive mixture with air, and is used as a fuel. Cf. firedamp s.v. FIRE noun.

balter(1) (iou)



balter verb1 intrans. obsolete exc. dial. LME.
[Prob. from Old Norse: cf. Danish baltre, boltre wallow, welter, tumble.]
Tumble about; walk unsteadily.