Definition of ball

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Ball (n.) A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot..

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Ballium :: Ballium (n.) See Bailey.
Puckball :: Puckball (n.) A puffball.
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cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller..
Pellet :: Pellet (n.) A bullet; a ball for firearms.
Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as, to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc..
Tonometer :: Tonometer (n.) An instrument for measuring tension, esp. that of the eyeball..
Team :: Team (n.) A number of persons associated together in any work; a gang; especially, a number of persons selected to contend on one side in a match, or a series of matches, in a cricket, football, rowing, etc..
Kentledge :: Kentledge (n.) Pigs of iron used for ballast.
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..
Ball :: Ball (n.) The globe or earth.
Bowl :: Bowl (v. i.) To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc..
Hypermetropy :: Hypermetropy (n.) A condition of the eye in which, through shortness of the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of light come to a focus behind the retina; farsightedness; -- called also hyperopia. Cf. Emmetropia..
Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid..
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas..
Ballast :: Ballast (v. t.) To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid..
Derringer :: Derringer (n.) A kind of short-barreled pocket pistol, of very large caliber, often carrying a half-ounce ball..
Roll :: Roll (v.) The act of rolling, or state of being rolled; as, the roll of a ball; the roll of waves..
Ballista :: Ballista (n.) An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles..
Lament :: Lament (v.) An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like..
Roll :: Roll (n.) To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over; as, to roll a sheet of paper; to roll parchment; to roll clay or putty into a ball..
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