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Definition of ball

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Ball (n.) Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets..

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Ballooning :: Ballooning (n.) The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales..

Circumferentor :: Circumferentor (n.) A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360¡, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint..

Romance :: Romance (n.) A short lyric tale set to music; a song or short instrumental piece in ballad style; a romanza.

Fit :: Fit (n.) In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus..

Excavate :: Excavate (v. t.) To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth..

Blackballed :: Blackballed (imp. & p. p.) of Blackbal.

Rundle :: Rundle (n.) A ball.

Glomerate :: Glomerate (v. t. & i.) To gather or wind into a ball; to collect into a spherical form or mass, as threads..

Patch :: Patch (n.) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore..

Eglomerate :: Eglomerate (v. t.) To unwind, as a thread from a ball..

Ironheads :: Ironheads (n.) A European composite herb (Centaurea nigra); -- so called from the resemblance of its knobbed head to an iron ball fixed on a long handle.

Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.

Challenge :: Challenge (n.) An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered.

Play :: Play (v. t.) To engage in, or go together with, as a contest for amusement or for a wager or prize; as, to play a game at baseball..

Bandy :: Bandy (n.) A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.

Bearing :: Bearing (n.) The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast.

Straight :: Straight (superl.) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight ballot..

Squeezer :: Squeezer (n.) A machine like a large pair of pliers, for shingling, or squeezing, the balls of metal when puddled; -- used only in the plural..

Pellet :: Pellet (n.) A bullet; a ball for firearms.

Balloon :: Balloon (n.) The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.