balled
simple past tense and past participle of ball
balled (not comparable)
(in combination) Having a specified kind or number of balls.
• da bell, deball
Source: Wiktionary
Ball, n. Etym: [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla, palla, G. ball, Icel. böllr, ball; cf. F. balle. Cf. 1st Bale, n., Pallmall.]
1. Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.
2. A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.
3. A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football.
4. Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifball;
– often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets.
5. (Pirotechnics & Mil.)
Definition: A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench; as, a fire ball; a stink ball.
6. (Print.)
Definition: A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller.
7. A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.
8. (Far.)
Definition: A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses; a bolus. White.
9. The globe or earth. Pope. Move round the dark terrestrial ball. Addison. Ball and socket joint, a joint in which a ball moves within a socket, so as to admit of motion in every direction within certain limits.
– Ball bearings, a mechanical device for lessening the friction of axle bearings by means of small loose metal balls.
– Ball cartridge, a cartridge containing a ball, as distinguished from a blank cartridge, containing only powder.
– Ball cock, a faucet or valve which is opened or closed by the fall or rise of a ball floating in water at the end of a lever.
– Ball gudgeon, a pivot of a spherical form, which permits lateral deflection of the arbor or shaft, while retaining the pivot in its socket. Knight.
– Ball lever, the lever used in a ball cock.
– Ball of the eye, the eye itself, as distinguished from its lids and socket; -- formerly, the pupil of the eye.
– Ball valve (Mach.), a contrivance by which a ball, placed in a circular cup with a hole in its bottom, operates as a valve.
– Ball vein (Mining), a sort of iron ore, found in loose masses of a globular form, containing sparkling particles.
– Three balls, or Three golden balls, a pawnbroker's sign or shop.
Syn.
– See Globe.
Ball, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Balled (p. pr. & vb. n. Balling.]
Definition: To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls.
Ball, v. t.
1. (Metal.)
Definition: To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
2. To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton.
Ball, n. Etym: [F. bal, fr. OF. baler to dance, fr. LL. ballare. Of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. to toss or throw, or , , to leap, bound, to dance, jump about; or cf. 1st Ball, n.]
Definition: A social assembly for the purpose of dancing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 April 2024
(noun) a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable; “public confidence in the economy”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
