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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Erratic :: Erratic (n.) Any stone or material that has been borne away from its original site by natural agencies; esp., a large block or fragment of rock; a bowlder..
Horseback :: Horseback (n.) An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and bowlders, in a half-stratified condition..
Jack :: Jack (n.) The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls.
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..
Under-arm :: Under-arm (a.) Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, that is, not swung far out from the body; underhand. Cf. Over-arm and Round-Arm..
Bowl :: Bowl (n.) An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward..
Bowl :: Bowl (v. i.) To play with bowls.
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..
Sneak :: Sneak (n.) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub.
Pebble :: Pebble (n.) A small roundish stone or bowlder; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone..
Bowldery :: Bowldery (a.) Characterized by bowlders.
Bowl :: Bowl (n.) A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled..
Embowl :: Embowl (v. t.) To form like a bowl; to give a globular shape to.
Bockey :: Bockey (n.) A bowl or vessel made from a gourd.
Ninepins :: Ninepins (n. pl.) A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling..
Hypocraterimorphous :: Hypocraterimorphous (a.) Salver-shaped; having a slender tube, expanding suddenly above into a bowl-shaped or spreading border, as in the blossom of the phlox and the lilac..
Bowl :: Bowl (n.) The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon..
Whiskin :: Whiskin (n.) A shallow drinking bowl.
Overhand :: Overhand (a.) Done (as pitching or bowling) with the hand higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or higher than, the shoulder..
Nineholes :: Nineholes (n. pl.) A game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which a ball is bowled..
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