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Alioth :: Alioth (n.) A star in the tail of the Great Bear, the one next the bowl in the Dipper..

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..

Overhand :: Overhand (a.) Done (as pitching or bowling) with the hand higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or higher than, the shoulder..

Flare :: Flare (v. i.) To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare..

Rub :: Rub (n.) Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness..

Commode :: Commode (n.) A movable sink or stand for a wash bowl, with closet..

Chalice :: Chalice (n.) A cup or bowl; especially, the cup used in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper..

Bowls :: Bowls (n. pl.) See Bowl, a ball, a game..

Brace :: Brace (n.) A vertical curved line connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be taken together; thus, boll, bowl; or, in music, used to connect staves..

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..

Pebble :: Pebble (n.) A small roundish stone or bowlder; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone..

Mistress :: Mistress (n.) The old name of the jack at bowls.

Bowlder :: Bowlder (n.) Alt. of Boulde.

Nineholes :: Nineholes (n. pl.) A game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which a ball is bowled..

Round-arm :: Round-arm (a.) Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally..

Bowl :: Bowl (v. t.) To pelt or strike with anything rolled.

Bowl-legged :: Bowl-legged (a.) Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward..

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..

Tazza :: Tazza (n.) An ornamental cup or vase with a large, flat, shallow bowl, resting on a pedestal and often having handles..

Bowless :: Bowless (a.) Destitute of a bow.

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