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A long patch, on a balloon, to be ripped off, by the rip cord, at landing, in order to allow the immediate escape of gas and instant deflation of the bag.

A small ball of rich minced meat or fish, covered with pastry and fried.

forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.

ce by rotation; turning over and over as if on an axis or a pivot; as, a rolling wheel or ball.

A game in which a ball, rolling into a certain place, wins. [Written also rouly-pouly.]

the continued emission of shower of sparks, and the ejection, at intervals, of brilliant balls or stars of fire which are thrown upward as they become ignited. -- Roman Catholic, of, pertaining to, or the religion of that church of which the pope is the spiritual head; as, a Roman Catholic priest; the Roman Catholic…

A short lyric tale set to music; a song or short instrumental piece in ballad style; a romanza.

The court has a wood border often faced with rubber, used as a cushion in bank shots. The balls are 3¼ in. in diameter, the cage (center arches or wickets) 3 3/8 in. wide, the other arches 3½ in. wide.

To hit, as another's ball, with one's own ball.

o inculcate the democratic doctrine of election of the principal officers of the state by ballot, and the annual retirement of a portion of Parliament.

A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.

ving a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball. "The big, round tears." Shak. Upon the firm opacous globe Of this round world. Milton.

Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally. R. A. Proctor.

An English game somewhat resembling baseball; also, another English game resembling the game of fives, but played with a football. Now we play rounders, and then we played prisoner's base. Bagehot.

tate of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc.

A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball.

To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written roomage, and romage. [Obs.] They night bring away a great deal more than they do, if they would take pain in the romaging. Hakluyt.

rust or push out; to extend. (b) To waste; to exhaust; as, to run out an estate. (c) (Baseball) To put out while running between two bases. -- To run the chances, or one's chances, to encounter all the risks of a certain course. -- To run through, to transfix; to pierce, as with a sword. "[He] was run through the bod…

A ball. [Obs.] Holland.

t, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball, and glass tear.