Definition of ball

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

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Offer :: Offer (v. t.) Attempt; endeavor; essay; as, he made an offer to catch the ball..
Miscue :: Miscue (n.) A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired..
Batting :: Batting (n.) The act of one who bats; the management of a bat in playing games of ball.
Snowballing :: Snowballing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snowbal.
Ballast :: Ballast (a.) The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete..
Balloon :: Balloon (n.) The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
Bowl :: Bowl (v. i.) To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along..
Phosphene :: Phosphene (n.) A luminous impression produced through excitation of the retina by some cause other than the impingement upon it of rays of light, as by pressure upon the eyeball when the lids are closed. Cf. After-image..
Enarthrosis :: Enarthrosis (n.) A ball and socket joint, or the kind of articulation represented by such a joint. See Articulation..
Snowball :: Snowball (n.) A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass..
Pitching :: Pitching (n.) The act of throwing or casting; a cast; a pitch; as, wild pitching in baseball..
Marble :: Marble (n.) A little ball of marble, or of some other hard substance, used as a plaything by children; or, in the plural, a child's game played with marbles..
Earthstar :: Earthstar (n.) A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores..
Clue :: Clue (n.) A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself..
Water Ballast :: Water ballast () Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast..
Ballotation :: Ballotation (n.) Voting by ballot.
Fielder :: Fielder (n.) A ball payer who stands out in the field to catch or stop balls.
Receive :: Receive (v. t.) To bat back (the ball) when served.
Bowls :: Bowls (n. pl.) See Bowl, a ball, a game..
Suspend :: Suspend (n.) To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone..
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