baltic

comparative more baltic · superlative most baltic

1. Alternative letter-case form of Baltic (“very cold”).

   'We're staying out at the Lake of Menteith and it's baltic out there. They reckon the lake could freeze over again if this weather gets worse.'

   2012, Craig Robertson, Cold Grave, →ISBN

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1. Of or pertaining to the Baltic region or the Baltic Sea.

   The Teutonic Knights were newly established in the Baltic region, where they owed their first possessions to Mazovian policy.

   1994, S. C. Rowell, Lithuania Ascending, page 9

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   In the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, three of the Soviet Union's fifteen constituent republics, last year's most dangerous fantasies have been sanctioned by the government itself.

   1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 604

2. Of or pertaining to any of the Baltic languages.

   The Baltic division of the group embraces the Lithuanian and Lettic.

   1918, Charles E. Bennett, New Latin Grammar

3. Of or pertaining to the Balts (the Baltic peoples).
4. UKcolloquialExtremely cold.

   It's twenty-three degrees outside, freezing is thirty two and with the wind chill factor it's Baltic out there.

   2010, Craig Moffat, Standing in the Dark, →ISBN, page 134

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   Apart from anything else, it's absolutely Baltic outside. In the past 24 hours, a freeze has abruptly descended on the whole of Europe, and here in the northwest corner of France, the cold claws of the Atlantic are particularly sharp.

   2012, Richard Moore, Slaying the Badger, →ISBN

   Baltic weather and a bobbly pitch notwithstanding, Celtic played in a pretty low gear for most of this game no matter a final scoreline made all the more impressive through two goals scored deep into time added-on.

   2025 January 12, Gary Keown, “Kyogo makes sure Celtic don't freeze”, in Mail on Sunday, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page 98

alternative baltic

1. The Baltic Sea.
2. A geographic region of Northern Europe, surrounding the Baltic Sea.

   Well, you see, I was temporarily in command of the cruiser coming down the Baltic, and passing an island rock a few miles away, I thought it would be a good opportunity to test a new gun that had been put aboard when we left England.

   1906, Robert Barr, A Rock in the Baltic

3. A geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of the three countries to the east of the Baltic Sea, i.e. Latvia, Lithuanian and Estonia; in full, the Baltics or the Baltic states.

   It appears from the evidence, that the corn from the Baltic is often very heavily taxed, and that this tax is generally raised in proportion to our necessities.

   1815, Thomas Malthus, Importation of Foreign Corn

4. The Baltic language family; the Baltic languages
5. The Baltic Exchange, a membership organisation for the maritime industry.
6. An unincorporated community in Kings County, in eastern Prince Edward Island, Canada.
7. A village and census-designated place in the center of the town of Sprague, Connecticut.
8. A village in Coshocton County, Holmes County and Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
9. A city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.