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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Balcony \Bal"co*ny\, n.; pl {Balconies}. [It. balcone cf It
balco, palco, scaffold, fr OHG. balcho pa?cho, beam, G.
balken. See {Balk} beam.]
1. (Arch.) A platform projecting from the wall of a building,
usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a
parapet; as a balcony in front of a window. Also a
projecting gallery in places of amusement; as the balcony
in a theater.
2. A projecting gallery once common at the stern of large
ships.
Note: ``The accent has shifted from the second to the first
syllable within these twenty years.'' --Smart (1836).
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