Definition of ball

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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cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller..

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Strabotomy :: Strabismus (n.) An affection of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes can not be directed to the same object, -- a defect due either to undue contraction or to undue relaxation of one or more of the muscles which move the eyeball; squinting; cross-eye..
Propel :: Propel (v. t.) To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder..
Puckfist :: Puckfist (n.) A puffball.
Hop :: Hop (n.) A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball..
Balloon :: Balloon (v. t.) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon..
Ballad :: Ballad (v. i.) To make or sing ballads.
Eglomerate :: Eglomerate (v. t.) To unwind, as a thread from a ball..
Spermosphere :: Spermosphere (n.) A mass or ball of cells formed by the repeated division of a male germinal cell (spermospore), each constituent cell (spermoblast) of which is converted into a spermatozoid; a spermatogemma..
Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London..
Unballast :: Unballast (a.) Not ballasted.
Liner :: Liner (n.) A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from the ground..
Golf :: Golf (n.) A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner.
Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To move, as a curved object may, along a surface by rotation without sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and over; as, a ball or wheel rolls on the earth; a body rolls on an inclined plane..
Waft :: Waft (v. t.) To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel..
Rounder :: Rounder (n.) An English game somewhat resembling baseball; also, another English game resembling the game of fives, but played with a football..
Outplay :: Outplay (v. t.) To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than; as, to be outplayed in tennis or ball..
Cockeye :: Cockeye (n.) The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead..
Impetus :: Impetus (n.) The aititude through which a heavy body must fall to acquire a velocity equal to that with which a ball is discharged from a piece.
Trapstick :: Trapstick (n.) A stick used in playing the game of trapball; hence, fig., a slender leg..
Nystagmus :: Nystagmus (n.) A rapid involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs.
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