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Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.

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..

Figurante :: Figurante (n. fem.) A female figurant; esp., a ballet girl..

Whitworth Ball :: Whitworth ball () A prejectile used in the Whitworth gun.

Bell :: Bell (n.) A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved.

Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head..

Demicannon :: Demicannon (n.) A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from thirty to thirty-six pounds..

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..

Caballine :: Caballine (n.) Caballine aloes.

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cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller..

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..

Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing..

Electro-ballistics :: Electro-ballistics (n.) The art or science of measuring the force or velocity of projectiles by means of electricity.

Choanoid :: Choanoid (a.) Funnel-shaped; -- applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the ball of the eye in many reptiles and mammals.

Ballister :: Ballister (n.) A crossbow.

Caballer :: Caballer (n.) One who cabals.

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

Receive :: Receive (v. i.) To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive..

Bottom :: Bottom (v. t.) To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread..

Lay :: Lay (a.) A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.

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