Definition of ball

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Ball (n.) Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow..

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Bye :: Bye (n.) A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye..
Ballist/ :: Ballist/ (pl. ) of Ballist.
Election :: Election (a.) The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor..
Joint :: "Joint (n.) A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See Articulation..
Team :: Team (n.) A number of persons associated together in any work; a gang; especially, a number of persons selected to contend on one side in a match, or a series of matches, in a cricket, football, rowing, etc..
Tonometry :: Tonometry (n.) measurement of tension, esp. the tension of the eyeball..
Cotillion :: Cotillion (n.) A formal ball.
Ball :: Ball (v. t.) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a ship, on the stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of the deck..
Paster :: Paster (n.) A slip of paper, usually bearing a name, intended to be pasted by the voter, as a substitute, over another name on a printed ballot..
Loop :: Loop (n.) A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.
Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A game played with a large inflated ball.
Coryphee :: Coryphee (n.) A ballet dancer.
Conglomerate :: Conglomerate (a.) Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light..
Glomeration :: Glomeration (n.) The act of forming or gathering into a ball or round mass; the state of being gathered into a ball; conglomeration.
Bullet :: Bullet (n.) A small ball.
Ballasting :: Ballasting (n.) That which is used for steadying anything; ballast.
Solitaire :: Solitaire (n.) A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by jumping, as in draughts..
Foul :: Foul (n.) See Foul ball, under Foul, a..
Ball-flower :: Ball-flower (n.) An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in a hollow molding..
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