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Definition of ball

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Ball (n.) A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench; as, a fire ball; a stink ball..

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Costumer :: Costumer (n.) One who makes or deals in costumes, as for theaters, fancy balls, etc..

Ballast :: Ballast (v. t.) To keep steady; to steady, morally..

Trapball :: Trapball (n.) An old game of ball played with a trap. See 4th Trap, 4..

Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball..

Scrimmage :: Scrimmage (n.) The struggle in the rush lines after the ball is put in play.

Ballistics :: Ballistics (n.) The science or art of hurling missile weapons by the use of an engine.

Ballistic :: Ballistic (a.) Pertaining to projection, or to a projectile..

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

Elaterium :: Elaterium (n.) A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly called Momordica Elaterium)..

Pounder :: Pounder (n.) A person or thing, so called with reference to a certain number of pounds in value, weight, capacity, etc.; as, a cannon carrying a twelve-pound ball is called a twelve pounder..

Ballium :: Ballium (n.) See Bailey.

Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A game played with a large inflated ball.

Punter :: Punter (n.) One who punts a football; also, one who propels a punt..

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..

Long-stop :: Long-stop (n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.

Sneak :: Sneak (n.) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub.

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

Ballistic :: Ballistic (a.) Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine..

Bead :: Bead (n.) A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer..

Roll :: Roll (n.) To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel..