BALT'IC, noun [From balte, belt, from certain straits or channels, surrounding its isles, called belts. See Belt.] The sea which separates Norway and Sweden from Jutland, Holstein and Germany. BALT'IC, adjective Pertaining to the sea of that name; situated on the baltic sea. Each baltic state to join the righteous cause.
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