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Bowl :: Bowl (v. i.) To play with bowls.

Under-arm :: Under-arm (a.) Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, that is, not swung far out from the body; underhand. Cf. Over-arm and Round-Arm..

Bowlder :: Bowlder (n.) Alt. of Boulde.

Roundness :: Roundness (n.) The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc..

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..

Pitch :: Pitch (n.) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.

Crateriform :: Crateriform (a.) Having the form of a shallow bowl; -- said of a corolla.

Spare :: Spare (n.) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare..

Washbowl :: Washbowl (n.) A basin, or bowl, to hold water for washing one's hands, face, etc..

Hypocraterimorphous :: Hypocraterimorphous (a.) Salver-shaped; having a slender tube, expanding suddenly above into a bowl-shaped or spreading border, as in the blossom of the phlox and the lilac..

Rumbowline :: Rumbowline (n.) Same as Rombowline.

Bowled :: Bowled (imp. & p. p.) of Bow.

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

Embowl :: Embowl (v. t.) To form like a bowl; to give a globular shape to.

Calumet :: Calumet (n.) A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers..

Pipe :: Pipe (n.) A small bowl with a hollow steam, -- used in smoking tobacco, and, sometimes, other substances..

Jack :: Jack (n.) The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls.

Round-arm :: Round-arm (a.) Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally..

Bowl :: Bowl (v. t.) To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball..

Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl..

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