Definition of bowl

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Bowl (n.) Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking..

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Underhand :: Underhand (adv.) In an underhand manner; -- said of pitching or bowling.
Bouldery :: Bouldery (a.) Characterized by bowlders.
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..
Bowl :: Bowl (v. t.) To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road..
Bowl :: Bowl (n.) A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc..
Embowl :: Embowl (v. t.) To form like a bowl; to give a globular shape to.
Pebble :: Pebble (n.) A small roundish stone or bowlder; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone..
Underhand :: Underhand (a.) Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow..
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..
Spoon :: Spoon (n.) An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food..
Cringle :: Cringle (n.) An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc..
Washdish :: Washdish (n.) A washbowl.
Brace :: Brace (n.) A vertical curved line connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be taken together; thus, boll, bowl; or, in music, used to connect staves..
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..
Flare :: Flare (v. i.) To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare..
Chalice :: Chalice (n.) A cup or bowl; especially, the cup used in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper..
Bowl-legged :: Bowl-legged (a.) Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward..
Slop :: Slop (n.) Dirty water; water in which anything has been washed or rinsed; water from wash-bowls, etc..
Nineholes :: Nineholes (n. pl.) A game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which a ball is bowled..
Round-arm :: Round-arm (a.) Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally..
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