Definition of bowl

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Bowl (v. i.) To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc..

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Bowline :: Bowline (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled..
Crateriform :: Crateriform (a.) Having the form of a shallow bowl; -- said of a corolla.
Nineholes :: Nineholes (n. pl.) A game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which a ball is bowled..
Alioth :: Alioth (n.) A star in the tail of the Great Bear, the one next the bowl in the Dipper..
Tazza :: Tazza (n.) An ornamental cup or vase with a large, flat, shallow bowl, resting on a pedestal and often having handles..
Washdish :: Washdish (n.) A washbowl.
Bowl :: Bowl (n.) A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc..
Embowl :: Embowl (v. t.) To form like a bowl; to give a globular shape to.
Scorifier :: Scorifier (n.) One who, or that which, scorifies; specifically, a small flat bowl-shaped cup used in the first heating in assaying, to remove the earth and gangue, and to concentrate the gold and silver in a lead button..
Roundness :: Roundness (n.) The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc..
Rub :: Rub (n.) Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness..
Bias :: Bias (n.) A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line..
Bowl :: Bowl (n.) An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward..
Crease :: Crease (n.) One of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker.
Bowldery :: Bowldery (a.) Characterized by bowlders.
Sneak :: Sneak (n.) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub.
Overhand :: Overhand (a.) Done (as pitching or bowling) with the hand higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or higher than, the shoulder..
Wicket :: Wicket (n.) A small framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top..
Chalice :: Chalice (n.) A cup or bowl; especially, the cup used in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper..
Bowler :: Bowler (n.) One who plays at bowls, or who rolls the ball in cricket or any other game..
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