Definition of ball

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

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Toss :: Toss (n.) A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball..
Muff :: Muff (v. t.) To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it..
Unballast :: Unballast (a.) Not ballasted.
Verbalism :: Verbalism (n.) Something expressed verbally; a verbal remark or expression.
Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To cancel by drawing one or more lines through, as the name of a candidate upon a ballot, or of a horse in a list; hence, to erase; to efface; -- often with out..
Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well..
Rigoll :: Rigoll (n.) A musical instrument formerly in use, consisting of several sticks bound together, but separated by beads, and played with a stick with a ball at its end..
Buttonwood :: Buttonwood (n.) The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called also buttonball tree, and, in some parts of the United States, sycamore. The California buttonwood is P. racemosa..
Cotillion :: Cotillion (n.) A formal ball.
Ballooning :: Ballooning (n.) The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales..
Eyelid :: Eyelid (n.) The cover of the eye; that portion of movable skin with which an animal covers or uncovers the eyeball at pleasure.
Conglomerate :: Conglomerate (v. t.) To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass.
Dirigible :: Dirigible (a.) Capable of being directed; steerable; as, a dirigible balloon..
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..
Moorball :: Moorball (n.) A fresh-water alga (Cladophora Aegagropila) which forms a globular mass.
Guelderrose'' :: Guelderrose' (n.) A cultivated variety of a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), bearing large bunches of white flowers; -- called also snowball tree..
Wicket :: Wicket (n.) A small framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top..
Emball :: Emball (v. t.) To encircle or embrace.
Electroscope :: Electroscope (n.) An instrument for detecting the presence of electricity, or changes in the electric state of bodies, or the species of electricity present, as by means of pith balls, and the like..
Bowls :: Bowls (n. pl.) See Bowl, a ball, a game..
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