Ball :: Ball (n.) Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow..

Ball :: Ball (n.) A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc..

Ball :: Ball (n.) A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football..

Ball :: Ball (n.) Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets..

Ball :: Ball (n.) A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench; as, a fire ball; a stink ball..

Ball :: Ball (n.) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller..

Ball :: Ball (n.) A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot..

Ball :: Ball (n.) A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses; a bolus..

Ball :: Ball (n.) The globe or earth.

Ball :: Ball (v. i.) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls..

Ball :: Ball (v. t.) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.

Ball :: Ball (v. t.) To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton..

Ball :: Ball (n.) A social assembly for the purpose of dancing.

Ball-flower :: Ball-flower (n.) An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in a hollow molding..

Ballad :: Ballad (n.) A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas..

Ballad :: Ballad (v. i.) To make or sing ballads.

Ballad :: Ballad (v. t.) To make mention of in ballads.

Ballad Monger :: Ballad monger () A seller or maker of ballads; a poetaster.

Ballade :: Ballade (n.) A form of French versification, sometimes imitated in English, in which three or four rhymes recur through three stanzas of eight or ten lines each, the stanzas concluding with a refrain, and the whole poem with an envoy..

Ballader :: Ballader (n.) A writer of ballads.

Balladry :: Balladry (n.) Ballad poems; the subject or style of ballads.

Ballahoo :: Ballahoo (n.) Alt. of Ballaho.

Ballahou :: Ballahou (n.) A fast-sailing schooner, used in the Bermudas and West Indies..

Ballarag :: Ballarag (v. i.) To bully; to threaten.

Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing..

Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.

Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid..

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

Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security..

Ballast :: Ballast (v. t.) To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold..

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