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The envelope or coat of certain fungi, such as the puffballs and earthstars.

was similar to the ostracism in Athens; but olive leaves were used instead of shells for ballots.

ome cause other than the impingement upon it of rays of light, as by pressure upon the eyeball when the lids are closed. Cf. After- image.

here; to collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags; -- often with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up information.

Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.

igeons to enter a pigeon house. (b) See Pigeonhole. (c) pl. An old English game, in which balls were rolled through little arches. Halliwell. -- Pigeon house, a dovecote. -- Pigeon pea (Bot.), the seed of Cajanus Indicus; a kind of pulse used for food in the East and West Indies; also, the plant itself. -- Pigeon pl…

A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole.

The cowcatcher of a locomotive. [U.S.] Pilot balloon, a small balloon sent up in advance of a large one, to show the direction and force of the wind. -- Pilot bird. (Zoöl.) (a) A bird found near the Caribbee Islands; - - so called because its presence indicates to mariners their approach to these islands. Crabb. (b) T…

f lawn tennis played with small bats, or battledores, and a very light, hollow, celluloid ball, on a large table divided across the middle by a net.

for an epidemic variety of ophthalmia, associated with early and marked redness of the eyeball. -- Pink salt (Chem. & Dyeing), the double chlorides of (stannic) tin and ammonium, formerly much used as a mordant for madder and cochineal. -- Pink saucer, a small saucer, the inner surface of which is covered with a pink…

stol shot. (a) The discharge of a pistol. (b) The distance to which a pistol can propel a ball.

aim or purpose; to cast; to hurl; to toss; as, to pitch quoits; to pitch hay; to pitch a ball.

One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman.

The act of throwing or casting; a cast; a pitch; as, wild pitching in baseball.

f place, inappropriate; ill-timed; as, his remarks were out of place. -- Place kick (Football), the act of kicking the ball after it has been placed on the ground. -- Place name, the name of a place or locality. London Academy. -- To give place, to make room; to yield; to give way; to give advantage. "Neither give p…

To contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball; hence, to gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes.

A puff, as of smoke from a pipe, or of dust from a puffball; a slight explosion, as of a small quantity of gunpowder. [Scot.]

One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into which the balls are driven.

s, a point-blank assertion. Point-blank range, the extent of the apparent right line of a ball discharged. -- Point-blank shot, the shot of a gun pointed directly toward the object to be hit.

A game of ball of Eastern origin, resembling hockey, with the players on horseback.