A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to
horses; a bolus.

The globe or earth.

Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of
lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a
rifle ball; – often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical
balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets.

A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as,
the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.

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.

A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked,
or knocked. See Baseball, and Football.

Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a
ball of twine; a ball of snow.

i. top, küre; balo. Throw me the ball! (Topu bana at!)

A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with,
as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.

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superseded by the roller.