See Also: maltreat(dictionary)
maltreat(dictionary)

balata (iou) and maltreat (oh)


balata (iou)



balata noun. Also ballata, (earlier) barratta. E17.
[Carib balata.]
(The wood of) any of a number of tropical American trees of the sapodilla family, spec. Manilkara bidentata. Also, the dried latex of this tree, used as a substitute for gutta-percha.
? In isolated use before 19.

maltreat (oh)



to treat a person or animal cruelly
-synonym mistreat mistreat
::The hostages said they were hungry but had not been maltreated.
-- maltreatment n [U]
::evidence of animal maltreatment