Definition of bowl

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Bowl (v. t.) To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road..

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Bowl :: Bowl (v. i.) To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc..
Bowled :: Bowled (imp. & p. p.) of Bow.
Over-arm :: Over-arm (a.) Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. See Overhard.
Rub :: Rub (n.) Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness..
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..
Bowldery :: Bowldery (a.) Characterized by bowlders.
Stump :: Stump (n.) To bowl down the stumps of, as, of a wicket..
Bowl :: Bowl (n.) The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.
Chalice :: Chalice (n.) A cup or bowl; especially, the cup used in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper..
Horseback :: Horseback (n.) An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and bowlders, in a half-stratified condition..
Bellow :: Bellow (v.) To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor.
Alioth :: Alioth (n.) A star in the tail of the Great Bear, the one next the bowl in the Dipper..
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..
Bias :: Bias (n.) A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line..
Mistress :: Mistress (n.) The old name of the jack at bowls.
Jack :: Jack (n.) The small bowl used as a mark in the game of 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..
Bowl :: Bowl (n.) The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon..
Bowl :: Bowl (n.) An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward..
Underhand :: Underhand (a.) Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow..
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