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Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball.

A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over.

Not heavily burdened; not deeply laden; not sufficiently ballasted; as, the ship returned light.

A system of signaling in which balls of red and green fire are fired from a pistol, the arrangement in groups denoting numbers having a code significance.

the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers. [R.] Ball lightning, a rare form of lightning sometimes seen as a globe of fire moving from the clouds to the earth. -- Chain lightning, lightning in angular, zigzag, or forked flashes. -- Heat lightning, more or less vivid and exten…

The formation of football players before the start or a restart of play; hence (Colloq.),

A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from the ground.

To let fall heavily or lazily. And their poor jades Lob down their heads. Shak. To lob a ball (Lawn Tennis), to strike a ball so as to send it up into the air.

An iron club used in lofting the ball; -- called also lofting iron.

Unfrequented by human beings; solitary. Thus vanish scepters, coronets, and balls, And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls. Pope.

One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.

A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls. [Written also loup.]

Members of a congregation of nuns founded by Mrs. Mary Teresa Ball, near Dublin, Ireland, in 1822, and now spread over Ireland, India, Canada, and the United States. The nuns are called also Ladies of Loreto. They are engaged in teaching girls.

Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots. The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Prov. xvi. 33. If we draw lots, he speeds. Shak.

ards, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer. A variety of l…

ng a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke when the plant is compressed or burst; puffball.

An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall. Cotton.

A little ball of marble, or of some other hard substance, used as a plaything by children; or, in the plural, a child's game played with marbles.

r, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.

head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds. Masked ball, a ball in which the dancers wear masks. -- Masked battery (Mil.), a battery so placed as not to be seen by an enemy until it opens fire. H. L. Scott. -- Masked crab (Zoöl.), a European crab (Corystes cassivelaunus) with ma…