Bal'tic, a.

a. [N. Lat. mare Balticum, from Lat. balteus, belt, from certain straits or channels surrounding its isles, called belts. See BELT.] [Geog.] Pertaining to the sea of the same name, which separates Norway and Sweden from Jutland, Holstein, and Germany; situated on the Baltic Sea.

Each Baltic state to join the righteous cause. Barlow.