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Lastage :: Lastage (n.) The lading of a ship; also, ballast..

Worm :: Worm (n.) A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms..

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..

Artillery :: Artillery (n.) Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds..

Earthstar :: Earthstar (n.) A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores..

Return :: Return (v. t.) To bat (the ball) back over the net.

Bowl :: Bowl (n.) An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward..

Lawe :: Lawe (v. t.) To cut off the claws and balls of, as of a dog's fore feet..

Balloon :: Balloon (v. i.) To go up or voyage in a balloon.

Bound :: Bound (v. t.) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor..

Balled :: Balled (imp. & p. p.) of Bal.

Hit :: Hit (n.) A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; -- sometimes used specifically for a base hit..

Aerostat :: Aerostat (n.) A balloonist; an aeronaut.

Touchback :: Touchback (n.) The act of touching the football down by a player behind his own goal line when it received its last impulse from an opponent; -- distinguished from safety touchdown.

Petalism :: Petalism (n.) A form of sentence among the ancient Syracusans by which they banished for five years a citizen suspected of having dangerous influence or ambition. It was similar to the ostracism in Athens; but olive leaves were used instead of shells for ballots.

Punt :: Punt (v. t.) To kick (the ball) before it touches the ground, when let fall from the hands..

Mask :: Mask (n.) A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask..

Vocally :: Vocally (adv.) In words; verbally; as, to express desires vocally..

Grommet :: Grommet (n.) A ring of rope used as a wad to hold a cannon ball in place.

Ballast :: Ballast (v. t.) To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold..

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