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Umbilicus :: Umbilicus (n.) An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled.

Grenade :: Grenade (n.) A hollow ball or shell of iron filled with powder of other explosive, ignited by means of a fuse, and thrown from the hand among enemies..

Flinch :: Flinch (v. i.) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet..

Orbit :: Orbit (n.) An orb or ball.

Captain :: Captain (n.) A person having authority over others acting in concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team..

Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a ship, on the stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of the deck..

Ballooning :: Ballooning (n.) The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.

Top :: Top (n.) A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out..

Circumferentor :: Circumferentor (n.) A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360¡, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint..

Aerostat :: Aerostat (n.) A balloonist; an aeronaut.

Ballistic :: Ballistic (a.) Pertaining to projection, or to a projectile..

Delivery :: Delivery (n.) The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery..

Pitching :: Pitching (n.) The act of throwing or casting; a cast; a pitch; as, wild pitching in baseball..

Balloon :: Balloon (v. i.) To expand, or puff out, like a balloon..

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..

Ballast :: Ballast (a.) The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete..

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..

Bound :: Bound (v. t.) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor..

Hole :: Hole (n.) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball..

Verbally :: Verbally (adv.) Word for word; verbatim.

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