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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ball \Ball\, n. (Baseball) A pitched ball, not struck at by the batsman, which fails to pass over the home base at a height not greater than the batsman's shoulder nor less than his knee. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ball \Ball\ (b[add]l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla, palla, G. ball, Icel. b["o]llr, ball; cf F. balle. Cf 1st {Bale}, n., {Pallmall}.] 1. Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as a ball of twine; a ball of snow. 2. A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc 3. A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See {Baseball}, and {Football}. 4. Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as a cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called {bullets}. 5. (Pyrotechnics & Mil.) A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench; as a fire ball; a stink ball. 6. (Print.) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock -- formerly used by printers for inking the form but now superseded by the roller. 7. A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot. 8. (Far.) A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses; a bolus. --White. 9. The globe or earth. --Pope. Move round the dark terrestrial ball. --Addison. {Ball and socket joint}, a joint in which a ball moves within a socket, so as to admit of motion in every direction within certain limits. {Ball bearings}, a mechanical device for lessening the friction of axle bearings by means of small loose metal balls. {Ball cartridge}, a cartridge containing a ball, as distinguished from a blank cartridge, containing only powder. {Ball cock}, a faucet or valve which is opened or closed by the fall or rise of a ball floating in water at the end of a lever. {Ball gudgeon}, a pivot of a spherical form which permits lateral deflection of the arbor or shaft, while retaining the pivot in its socket. --Knight. {Ball lever}, the lever used in a ball cock. {Ball of the eye}, the eye itself as distinguished from its lids and socket; -- formerly, the pupil of the eye. {Ball valve} (Mach.), a contrivance by which a ball, placed in a circular cup with a hole in its bottom, operates as a valve. {Ball vein} (Mining), a sort of iron ore, found in loose masses of a globular form containing sparkling particles. {Three balls}, or {Three golden balls}, a pawnbroker's sign or shop. Syn: See {Globe}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ball \Ball\, v. t. 1. (Metal.) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling. 2. To form or wind into a ball; as to ball cotton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ball \Ball\, n. [F. bal, fr OF baler to dance, fr LL ballare. Of uncertain origin; cf Gr ? to toss or throw, or ?, ?, to leap, bound, ? to dance, jump about or cf 1st {Ball}, n.] A social assembly for the purpose of dancing. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ball \Ball\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Balled} (?); p. pr & vb n. {Balling}.] To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as the horse balls; the snow balls. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ball n 1: round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games; "the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve"; "the mayor threw out the first ball" 2: a solid ball shot by a musket; "they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball" [syn: {musket ball}] 3: any object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire" [syn: {globe}, {orb}] 4: a lavish formal dance; "she was the loveliest girl at the ball" 5: one of the two male reproductive glands; "she kicked him in the balls and got away" [syn: {testis}, {gonad}, {testicle}, {ballock}, {bollock}, {nut}, {egg}] 6: a spherical object used as a plaything; "he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub" 7: a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" [syn: {clod}, {glob}, {lump}, {clump}, {chunk}] 8: a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass; ball of the human foot or ball at the base of the thumb; "he stood on the balls of his feet" 9: a pitch that is not in the strike zone; "he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him" v : form into a ball by winding, rolling, etc.; ball wool, for example From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Ball, LA (town, FIPS 4055) Location: 31.41825 N, 92.41005 W Population (1990): 3305 (1260 housing units) Area: 20.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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