Obs. [app. f. BALL sb.3 + -ARD. Cf. BALD.] A bald-headed person.
1382. Wyclif, 2 Kings ii. 23. And scorneden to hym seying, Stye up, ballard!
1485. Caxton, Trevisa’s Higden, I. xxv. 25. One sayde to Julius … Salue calue, that is hayll balard.
