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A game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which a ball is bowled.

A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling.

lls (usually four) delivered successively from behind ine wicket, after which the ball is bowled from behing the other wicket as many times, the fielders changing places.

Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. See Overhard. "An over-arm with a round-arm bowler." R. A. Proctor.

Done (as pitching or bowling) with the hand higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or higher than, the shoulder. Overhand knot. See Illustration of Knot.

eam, for frying or baking food, etc.; also employed for various uses in manufacturing. "A bowl or a pan." Chaucer.

A small roundish stone or bowlder; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone. "The pebbles on the hungry beach." Shak. As children gathering pebbles on the shore. Milton.

A small bowl with a hollow steam, -- used in smoking tobacco, and, sometimes, other substances.

us shrub (Leucothoë acuminata) of the southern United States, from the wood of which pipe bowls are made.

That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.

A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which children eat or are fed; as, a silver porringer. Wordsworth.

Lace whose pattern includes one or more representations of baskets or bowls from which flowers spring.

Ornamented with perforations or dots. [Obs.] "Gilt bowls pounced and pierced." Holinshed.

a request, prayer, petition, claim, charge, etc. He spake, and to her hand preferred the bowl. Pope. Presently prefer his suit to Cæsar. Shak. Three tongues prefer strange orisons on high. Byron.

ch, etc. Milk punch, a sort of punch made with spirit, milk, sugar, spice, etc. -- Punch bowl, a large bowl in which punch is made, or from which it is served. -- Roman punch, a punch frozen and served as an ice.

To steal purses; to rob. [Obs. & R.] I'll purse: . . . I'll bet at bowling alleys. Beau. & Fl.

: we play A round or two; which used, we throw away. Granville. The feast was served; the bowl was crowned; To the king's pleasure went the mirthful round. Prior.

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

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

Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness. Shak.