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Pome :: Pome (n.) A ball of silver or other metal, which is filled with hot water, and used by the priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service..

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..

Caballer :: Caballer (n.) One who cabals.

Snowball :: Snowball (n.) The Guelder-rose.

Rifle :: Rifle (n.) A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket..

Goal :: Goal (n.) A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts..

Trichiasis :: Trichiasis (n.) A disease of the eye, in which the eyelashes, being turned in upon the eyeball, produce constant irritation by the motion of the lids..

Ballroom :: Ballroom (n.) A room for balls or dancing.

Bell :: Bell (n.) A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved.

Push :: Push (n.) Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a shove; as, to give the ball the first push..

Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To lead off in delivering (the ball).

Rupert''s Drop :: Rupert's drop () A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken; -- so called from Prince Rupert, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball, and glass tear..

Ecballium :: Ecballium (n.) A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit, when ripe, bursts and violently ejects its seeds, together with a mucilaginous juice, from which elaterium, a powerful cathartic medicine, is prepared..

Exophthalmia :: Exophthalmia (n.) The protrusion of the eyeball so that the eyelids will not cover it, in consequence of disease..

Tice :: Tice (n.) A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket.

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

Ballatry :: Ballatry (n.) See Balladry.

Ball :: Ball (n.) A social assembly for the purpose of dancing.

Pitcher :: Pitcher (n.) One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman..

Toss :: Toss (n.) A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball..

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