Definition of bowl

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Bowl (n.) An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward..

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Bellow :: Bellow (v.) To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor.
Underhand :: Underhand (adv.) In an underhand manner; -- said of pitching or bowling.
Underhand :: Underhand (a.) Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow..
Tazza :: Tazza (n.) An ornamental cup or vase with a large, flat, shallow bowl, resting on a pedestal and often having handles..
Vessel :: Vessel (n.) A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl, etc..
Crateriform :: Crateriform (a.) Having the form of a shallow bowl; -- said of a corolla.
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..
Whiskin :: Whiskin (n.) A shallow drinking bowl.
Bowling :: Bowling (n.) The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins..
Tice :: Tice (n.) A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket.
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..
Alioth :: Alioth (n.) A star in the tail of the Great Bear, the one next the bowl in the Dipper..
Brimmer :: Brimmer (n.) A brimful bowl; a bumper.
Rub :: Rub (n.) Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness..
Wassail :: Wassail (a.) Of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial; as, a wassail bowl..
Bowl :: Bowl (v. t.) To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball..
Round-arm :: Round-arm (a.) Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally..
Bowling :: Bowling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bow.
Bowls :: Bowls (n. pl.) See Bowl, a ball, a game..
Washbowl :: Washbowl (n.) A basin, or bowl, to hold water for washing one's hands, face, etc..
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