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

Ballooning Spider :: Ballooning spider () A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.

Cat :: Cat (n.) An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc..

Ironheads :: Ironheads (n.) A European composite herb (Centaurea nigra); -- so called from the resemblance of its knobbed head to an iron ball fixed on a long handle.

Over :: Over (n.) A certain number of balls (usually four) delivered successively from behind one wicket, after which the ball is bowled from behind the other wicket as many times, the fielders changing places..

Bandy :: Bandy (n.) A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.

Costume :: Costume (n.) A character dress, used at fancy balls or for dramatic purposes..

Straight :: Straight (superl.) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight ballot..

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

Ball :: Ball (v. t.) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.

Red-hot :: Red-hot (a.) Red with heat; heated to redness; as, red-hot iron; red-hot balls. Hence, figuratively, excited; violent; as, a red-hot radical..

Football :: Football (n.) The game of kicking the football by opposing parties of players between goals.

Rolling :: Rolling (a.) Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by rotation; turning over and over as if on an axis or a pivot; as, a rolling wheel or ball..

Canister :: Canister (n.) A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; -- called also canister shot..

Squeezer :: Squeezer (n.) A machine like a large pair of pliers, for shingling, or squeezing, the balls of metal when puddled; -- used only in the plural..

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

Aeronaut :: Aeronaut (n.) An aerial navigator; a balloonist.

Eglomerate :: Eglomerate (v. t.) To unwind, as a thread from a ball..

Castigate :: Castigate (v. t.) To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely..

Song :: Song (n.) A lyrical poem adapted to vocal music; a ballad.

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