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Snowball :: Snowball (v. t.) To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.

Cant :: Cant (n.) A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant..

Armadillo :: Armadillo (n.) Any edentate animal if the family Dasypidae, peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good food. There are several species, one of which (the peba) is found as far north as Texas. See Peba, Poyou, Tatouay..

Ballproof :: Ballproof (a.) Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms.

Fives :: Fives (n. pl.) A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis; -- so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game..

Divertissement :: Divertissement (n.) A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play..

Muff :: Muff (n.) A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.

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

Play :: Play (n.) To contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball; hence, to gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes..

Conglomerate :: Conglomerate (a.) Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light..

Wallflower :: Wallflower (n.) A lady at a ball, who, either from choice, or because not asked to dance, remains a spectator..

Verbatim :: Verbatim (adv.) Word for word; in the same words; verbally; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it..

Ballist/ :: Ballist/ (pl. ) of Ballist.

Balloted :: Balloted (imp. & p. p.) of Ballo.

Bowl :: Bowl (v. i.) To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc..

Pellet :: Pellet (v./.) To form into small balls.

Bowl :: Bowl (n.) A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled..

Trapstick :: Trapstick (n.) A stick used in playing the game of trapball; hence, fig., a slender leg..

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..

Pall-mall :: Pall-mall (n.) A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall..

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