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Rissole :: Rissole (n.) A small ball of rich minced meat or fish, covered with pastry and fried..

Pull :: Pull (n.) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side..

Chartism :: Chartism (n.) The principles of a political party in England (1838-48), which contended for universal suffrage, the vote by ballot, annual parliaments, equal electoral districts, and other radical reforms, as set forth in a document called the People's Charter..

Cant :: Cant (v. t.) To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football..

Straight :: Straight (superl.) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight ballot..

Solitaire :: Solitaire (n.) A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by jumping, as in draughts..

Propel :: Propel (v. t.) To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder..

Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as, to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc..

Fireball :: Fireball (n.) A luminous meteor, resembling a ball of fire passing rapidly through the air, and sometimes exploding..

Exophthalmia :: Exophthalmia (n.) The protrusion of the eyeball so that the eyelids will not cover it, in consequence of disease..

Cue :: Cue (n.) A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards.

Bottom :: Bottom (n.) A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.

Metal :: Metal (n.) The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads.

Straddled :: Strabotomy (n.) The operation for the removal of squinting by the division of such muscles as distort the eyeball.

Minie Rifle :: Minie rifle () A rifle adapted to minie balls.

Cannonade :: Cannonade (n.) The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance..

Liner :: Liner (n.) A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from the ground..

Tonometry :: Tonometry (n.) measurement of tension, esp. the tension of the eyeball..

Lay :: Lay (a.) A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.

Grommet :: Grommet (n.) A ring of rope used as a wad to hold a cannon ball in place.

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