Definition of ball

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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..

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Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A bomb or shell.
Lastage :: Lastage (n.) The lading of a ship; also, ballast..
Football :: Football (n.) An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather..
Ballot :: Ballot (n.) Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting..
Button :: Button (n.) A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass..
Swipe :: Swipe (v. t.) To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball..
Ballast :: Ballast (a.) The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete..
Niblick :: Niblick (n.) A kind of golf stick used to lift the ball out of holes, ruts, etc..
Pull :: Pull (v. t.) To strike the ball in a particular manner. See Pull, n., 8..
Cage :: Cage (n.) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve..
Orb :: Orb (n.) Same as Mound, a ball or globe. See lst Mound..
Thimblerig :: Thimblerig (n.) A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea..
Muff :: Muff (v. t.) To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it..
Tricarballylic :: Tricarballylic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex tribasic organic acid, C3H5.(CO2H)3 occurring naturally in unripe beet roots, and produced artificially from glycerin as a white crystalline substance..
Bottom :: Bottom (n.) A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
Bound :: Bound (v. i.) To rebound, as an elastic ball..
Pluff :: Pluff (n.) A puff, as of smoke from a pipe, or of dust from a puffball; a slight explosion, as of a small quantity of gunpowder..
Baseball :: Baseball (n.) The ball used in this game.
Sclerotic :: Sclerotic (a.) Hard; firm; indurated; -- applied especially in anatomy to the firm outer coat of the eyeball, which is often cartilaginous and sometimes bony..
Shiff :: Shiff (v. i.) To slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum; -- said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted..
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