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A perfume to be carried with one, often in the form of a ball.

A ball of silver or other metal, which is filled with hot water, and used by the priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service.

Having the ends terminating in rounded protuberances or single balls; -- said of a cross.

A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form; as:

Having two balls or protuberances at each end; -- said of a cross.

The ball formerly used to ink the type.

A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn by soldiers on the front of the hat, instead of a feather.

er pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table.

n number of pounds in value, weight, capacity, etc.; as, a cannon carrying a twelve-pound ball is called a twelve pounder.

A system of voting, as at primaries, in which the voters are allowed to indicate on their ballots their preference (usually their first and second choices) between two or more candidates for an office, so that if no candidate receives a majority of first choices the one receiving the greatest number of first and second…

o strength; -- said of alcoholic liquors. Proof charge (Firearms), a charge of powder and ball, greater than the service charge, fired in an arm, as a gun or cannon, to test its strength. -- Proof impression. See under Impression. -- Proof load (Engin.), the greatest load than can be applied to a piece, as a beam, co…

or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.

ether of parts; specifically, a morbid adhesion of the eyelids to each other or to the eyeball. Dunglison.

Thrush. Prunella salt (Old Chem.), niter fused and cast into little balls.

A puffball.

An iron bar made at a single heat from a puddle-ball hammering and rolling.

Anything light and filled with air. Specifically: (a) A puffball.

The puffball.

To strike the ball in a particular manner. See Pull, n., 8. Never pull a straight fast ball to leg. R. H. Lyttelton. To pull and haul, to draw hither and thither. " Both are equally pulled and hauled to do that which they are unable to do. " South. -- To pull down, to demolish; to destroy; to degrade; as, to pull down…

A pompet. Pumpet ball (Print.), a ball for inking types; a pompet.