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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Hop :: Hop (n.) A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball..
Ballot :: Ballot (n.) To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate..
Car :: Car (n.) The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc..
Eyeball :: Eyeball (n.) The ball or globe of the eye.
Globular :: Globular (a.) Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical, or nearly so; as, globular atoms..
Touchdown :: Touchdown (n.) The act of touching the football down behind the opponents' goal .
Parkeria :: Parkeria (n.) A genus of large arenaceous fossil Foraminifera found in the Cretaceous rocks. The species are globular, or nearly so, and are of all sizes up to that of a tennis ball..
Blowball :: Blowball (n.) The downy seed head of a dandelion, which children delight to blow away..
Pellet :: Pellet (n.) A bullet; a ball for firearms.
English :: English (n.) A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball.
Castigate :: Castigate (v. t.) To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely..
Theta :: Theta (n.) A letter of the Greek alphabet corresponding to th in English; -- sometimes called the unlucky letter, from being used by the judges on their ballots in passing condemnation on a prisoner, it being the first letter of the Greek qa`natos, death..
Ballasting :: Ballasting (n.) That which is used for steadying anything; ballast.
Bearing :: Bearing (n.) The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast.
Ballast :: Ballast (v. t.) To keep steady; to steady, morally..
Baseball :: Baseball (n.) A game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds ( four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to make after striking the ball..
Ball :: Ball (n.) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller..
Leaden :: Leaden (a.) Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball..
Billiards :: Billiards (n.) A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom upon) two other balls, or drive another ball into one of the pockets with which the table sometimes is furnished..
Deliver :: Deliver (v. t.) To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball..
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