English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Balker
(n.)
A person who stands on a rock or eminence to espy the
shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which
way they pass; a conder; a huer.
Balking
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Balk
Balkingly
(adv.)
In a manner to balk or frustrate.
Balkish
(a.)
Uneven; ridgy.
Balky
(a.)
Apt to balk; as, a balky horse.
Ball
(n.)
Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a
ball of twine; a ball of snow.
Ball
(n.)
A social assembly for the purpose of dancing.
Ball
(v. t.)
To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton.
Ball
(v. t.)
To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
Ball
(v. i.)
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.
Ball
(n.)
The globe or earth.
Ball
(n.)
A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to
horses; a bolus.
Ball
(n.)
A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as,
the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.
Ball
(n.)
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.
Ball
(n.)
A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with,
as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.
Ball
(n.)
A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked,
or knocked. See Baseball, and Football.
Ball
(n.)
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superseded by the roller.
Ball
(n.)
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.
Ball-flower
(n.)
An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular
flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in
a hollow molding.
Ballad
(v. t.)
To make mention of in ballads.