Definition of ball

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

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Unlawed :: Unlawed (a.) Not having the claws and balls of the forefeet cut off; -- said of dogs.
Balloted :: Balloted (imp. & p. p.) of Ballo.
Abacus :: Abacus (n.) A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China..
Hazard :: Hazard (n.) Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard)..
Pall-mall :: Pall-mall (n.) A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall..
Fit :: Fit (n.) In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus..
Balladry :: Balladry (n.) Ballad poems; the subject or style of ballads.
Intra- :: Intra- () A prefix signifying in, within, interior; as, intraocular, within the eyeball; intramarginal..
Over :: Over (n.) A certain number of balls (usually four) delivered successively from behind one wicket, after which the ball is bowled from behind the other wicket as many times, the fielders changing places..
Conglomerate :: Conglomerate (a.) Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light..
Racket :: Racket (n.) A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games..
Pull :: Pull (v. t.) To strike the ball in a particular manner. See Pull, n., 8..
Pellet :: Pellet (n.) A bullet; a ball for firearms.
Danseuse :: Danseuse (n.) A professional female dancer; a woman who dances at a public exhibition as in a ballet.
Interior :: Interior (a.) Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner; -- opposed to exterior, or superficial; as, the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball..
Caballine :: Caballine (n.) Caballine aloes.
Montgolfier :: Montgolfier (n.) A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon..
Cro-quette :: Cro-quette (n.) A ball of minced meat, fowl, rice, or other ingredients, highly seasoned, and fried..
Captain :: Captain (n.) A person having authority over others acting in concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team..
Expeditate :: Expeditate (v. t.) To deprive of the claws or the balls of the fore feet; as, to expeditate a dog that he may not chase deer..
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