â¢ BALSA (noun). The noun BALSA has 2 senses: 1. strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats. 2. forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts. Familiarity information: BALSA used as a noun is rare.. strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats. 2. forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts.
Josiah Wedgwood Â© Wedgwood was an innovative designer, a manufacturer of high-quality pottery and a campaigner for social reform.Josiah Wedgwood was born into a family of potters on 12 July 1730, at Burslem, Staffordshire.osiah Wedgwood Â© Wedgwood was an innovative designer, a manufacturer of high-quality pottery and a campaigner for social reform.
Josiah Wedgwood, the thirteenth and youngest son of the potter, Thomas Wedgwood, was born in Burslem, Stoke, on 12th July 1730.His mother was the daughter of the Unitarian minister at Newcastle under Lyme.osiah Wedgwood married his third cousin, Sarah Wedgwood, on 25th January 1764. According to his biographer, Robin Reilly: Sarah was a substantial heiress and brought with her a considerable dowry, said to have been Â£4,000, which came under Wedgwood's control.