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  • 1 bālaena (ball-)

        bālaena (ball-) ae, f, φάλαινα, a whale, O.

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  • 2 pila

    1.
    pīla, ae, f. [perh. for pisula, from root pis-; v. pinso, piso], a mortar (syn. mortarium):

    pila, ubi triticum pinsant,

    Cato, R. R. 14; Ov. Ib. 573:

    zeae granum tunditur in pilā ligneā,

    Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112:

    si contuderis stultum in pilā,

    Vulg. Prov. 27, 22: sal sordidum in pilā pisatum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 158 Müll.
    2.
    pīlă, ae, f. [for pigla, from root pag-, pig-, of pango, pe-pig-i, q. v.], a pillar (syn. columna): pila, quae parietem sustentat, ab opponendo dicta est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 Müll.:

    locavit pilas pontis in Tiberim,

    Liv. 40, 51:

    salax taberna a pileatis nona fratribus pila, of the temple of Castor and Pollux,

    Cat. 37, 1: nulla taberna meos habeat neque pila libellos, i. e. they are not to be publicly sold (as the booksellers had their stalls around the pillars of public buildings), Hor. S. 1, 4, 71; Vitr. 6, 11:

    pilas operibus subdere,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 302; Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 23; Mart. 7, 61, 5.—
    II.
    Transf., a pier or mole of stone:

    saxea,

    Verg. A. 9, 711; Vitr. 5, 12; Suet. Claud. 20; Sil. 4, 297.
    3.
    pĭla, ae ( gen. sing. pilaï, Lucr. 5, 713; 720; 726), f. [etym. dub.; perh. akin to Gr. pallô, brandish; Lat. pellere, drive; v. Corss. 1, 525 sqq.], a ball, playing-ball (syn. follis).
    I.
    Lit.: pilā expulsim ludere, Varr. ap. Non. 104, 29:

    di nos quasi pilas homines habent,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 22; id. Most. 1, 2, 73:

    pilae studio teneri,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 88; Hor. S. 1, 5, 49:

    cum lapsa e manibus fugit pila,

    Verg. Cir. 149, Prop. 3, 12 (4, 13), 5:

    pila cadit aut mittentis vitio, aut accipientis... (pila) jactata et excepta,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 17, 3:

    pilam scite et diligenter excipere... apte et expedite remittere,

    id. ib. 2, 32, 1:

    pilam repetere, quae terram contigit,

    Petr. 27:

    reddere pilam,

    Mart. 14, 46, 2. There were four sorts of pilæ:

    trigonalis, paganica, follis, harpastum.—Prov.: mea pila est,

    I have the ball, I have caught it, I've won, Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 7:

    claudus pilam,

    Cic. Pis. 28, 69;

    v. claudus: Fortunae pila,

    the foot-ball of fortune, Aur. Vict. Epit. 18.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The game of ball:

    quantum alii tribuunt alveolo, quantum pilae,

    Cic. Arch. 6, 13.—
    B.
    Of any thing round, a ball or globe of any material:

    pilae lanuginis,

    Plin. 12, 10, 21, § 38:

    scarabaei e fimo ingentes pilas aversi pedibus volutant,

    id. 11, 28, 34, § 98.—Of the globe of the earth (ante-class.): in terrae pila, Varr. ap. Non. 333, 25.—The ancients made use of a glass or crystal ball filled with water as a burning-glass:

    cum addită aquā vitreae pilae sole adverso in tantum excandescunt, ut vestes exurant,

    Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 199; 37, 2, 10, § 28.—The Roman ladies carried a crystal or amber ball to keep their hands cool, Prop. 2, 18, 60 (3, 18, 12); Mart. 11, 8.—Of the ball or lump of earth which adheres to the roots of a bush when torn up, Col. 5, 9. —Of the ballots or bails used by judges in voting, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 19; Ascon. Argum. Milon. fin. —Of stuffed balls or human figures: pilae et effigies viriles et muliebres ex lanā Compitalibus suspendebantur in compitis. quod hunc diem festum esse deorum inferorum quos vocant Lares, putarent: quibus tot pilae, quot capita servorum; tot effigies, quot essent liberi. ponebantur, ut vivis parcerent et essent his pilis et simulacris contenti, Paul. ex Fest. p. 239 Müll. Bulls were baited by throwing similar stuffed figures at their heads, Mart. Spect. 19, 2:

    quantus erat cornu, cui pila taurus erat!

    id. ib. 9;

    hence, sed cui primus erat lusor dum floruit aetas, Nunc postquam desiit ludere prima pila est,

    id. ib. 10, 86. As these effigies were usually torn by the throwing, the term is also applied to a torn toga, Mart. 2, 43, 6.—
    C.
    In partic.:

    pilae Nursicae, i. e. rapae rotundae,

    Mart. 13, 20, 2.

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  • 3 trigōn

        trigōn ōnis, m, τρίγων, a ball stuffed with hair, playing-ball: fugio lusum trigonem, a game of ball, H.
    * * *
    ball game with three players in triangle (in baths); ball for playing trigon

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  • 4 glomus

        glomus eris, n    [GLOB-], a clew, ball made by winding: lanae, H.
    * * *
    ball-shaped mass; ball made by winding, ball of thread, skein

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  • 5 pila

        pila ae, f    [1 PAL-], a ball, playing-ball: pilā lippis inimicum ludere, H.: picta, O.: quantum alii tribuunt pilae, the game of ball.—Prov., see claudus.— A ballot (used by judges), Pr.
    * * *
    I
    ball (play/decorative); sphere; mortar, vessel in which things are pounded
    II
    squared pillar; pier, pile; low pillar monument; funerary monument w/cavity

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  • 6 globus

        globus ī, m    [GLOB-], a round body, ball, sphere, globe: quae terra dicitur: Lucens lunae, disk, V.: in eo (caelo) animadversi globi, fireballs. —A globular mass, ball, globe: Flammarumque globos volvere, V.: sanguinis, O.—Of men, a throng, crowd, body, mass, gathering, knot: circa Fabium globus increpabant dictatorem, L.: militum, Ta.: mulierum, L.: nobilitatis, clique, S.
    * * *
    ball, sphere; dense mass, close packed throng, crowd; clique, band; globe

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  • 7 sphaera

        sphaera ae, f, σφαῖρα, a ball, globe, sphere: habent suam sphaeram stellae inerrantes.—An orrery, planetarium: lunae, solis motūs in sphaeram inligavit.
    * * *
    I
    small ball/globe/sphere
    II
    globe, sphere, orb, ball; orrery/working model of universe (spheres of planets)

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  • 8 sphaeristerium

    sphaeristērĭum, ii, n., = sphairistêrion.
    I.
    Lit., a place for playing ball, a ball-court, tennis-court, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 12; 5, 6, 27; Suet. Vesp. 20; Inscr. Orell. 57.—
    II.
    Transf., a game at ball, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 30; Sid. Ep. 2, 2 med.

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  • 9 glomerō

        glomerō āvī, ātus, āre    [glomus], to wind into a ball, gather up, roll together, collect: lanam in orbes, O.: terram speciem in orbis, O.: grando glomerata, L.: equitem docuere gressūs glomerare, superbos, i. e. make the horse prance, V.— To gather together, make a knot of, collect, crowd, assemble: agmina fugā, V.: apes glomerantur in orbem, V. — To make by gathering, collect, make up, produce: manum bello, V.: tempestatem, V.: noctem, V.— Fig., to roll up, gather, accumulate: Omnia fixa tuus glomerans determinat annus, C. poët.
    * * *
    glomerare, glomeravi, glomeratus V
    collect, amass, assemble; form into a ball

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  • 10 adglomero

    ag-glŏmĕro ( adg-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., lit., to wind on ( as on a ball); only poet., to add or join to, to annex; and se, to join one's self to:

    et (se) lateri adglomerant nostro,

    Verg. A. 2, 341:

    cuneis,

    id. ib. 12, 458: Sigeaque pestis adglomerare fretum, raises it up ( as a ball), i. e. heaps it up, Val. Fl. 2, 499.

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  • 11 agglomero

    ag-glŏmĕro ( adg-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., lit., to wind on ( as on a ball); only poet., to add or join to, to annex; and se, to join one's self to:

    et (se) lateri adglomerant nostro,

    Verg. A. 2, 341:

    cuneis,

    id. ib. 12, 458: Sigeaque pestis adglomerare fretum, raises it up ( as a ball), i. e. heaps it up, Val. Fl. 2, 499.

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  • 12 dator

    dător, ōris, m. [id.], a giver (except in Plant. rare).
    I.
    In gen., Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 33; 2, 7, 18; fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 616 P.:

    assit laetitiae Bacchus dator,

    Verg. A. 1, 734:

    hilarem enim datorem diligit Deus,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 9, 7.—
    II.
    Esp. in playing ball, the slave who hands the ball to the player, opp. factor, the player himself, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 18.

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  • 13 factor

    factor, ōris, m. [id.], a maker, doer, performer, perpetrator (ante- and postclass.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    cuparum doliorumque,

    Pall. 1, 6:

    qui praepositum suum non praetexit, cum posset, in pari causa factori habendus est,

    the doer, Dig. 49, 16, 6, § 8:

    sceleris,

    ib. 29, 5, 1, § 21; 48, 3, 7:

    suus,

    his creator, Vulg. Deut. 32, 15; id. Isa. 29, 16 al.:

    legis,

    doer, id. Rom. 2, 13; id. Jacob, 1, 23.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    In econom. lang., an oil-presser, Cato, R. R. 13; 64; 66; 67.—
    * B.
    In ball-playing, he who strikes the ball, the batsman, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 18; cf. dator.

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  • 14 folliculus

    follĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [follis], a small bag or sack.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    folliculis frumentum vehere,

    Liv. 9, 13, 9:

    quidam judicatus est parentem occidisse: ei statim... os obvolutum est folliculo et praeligatum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 149.—Of a matricide:

    statim folliculo lupino os obvolutum est,

    Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23.—
    B.
    Esp. (cf. follis, I. B.), a ball to play with, inflated with air; a wind-ball (cf.:

    pila, globus, sphaera): post bella civilia ad pilam, folliculumque transiit,

    Suet. Aug. 83.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., a husk, pod, shell, skin, follicle:

    latentem frugem ruptis velamentis suis, quae folliculos agricolae vocant, adaperire,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 18, 3:

    gluma est grani folliculus,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 1:

    cum spica se exserit folliculo,

    Sen. Ep. 124, 11. —So of fruits, Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 1; Col. 2, 8, 5; Plin. 24, 8, 33, § 49; 24, 9, 40, § 65:

    folliculus animalium,

    id. 30, 12, 37, § 111: muliebris, i. q. vulva, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 3, 136.— Poet., the shell of an egg:

    teretes (cicadarum),

    Lucr. 5, 803; and of the human body, as the husk or shell of the soul: ego, si qui sum et quo folliculo sum indutus, queo, Lucil. ap. Non. 110, 27.—
    B.
    Esp., as med. t. t. (late Lat.).
    1.
    A sac:

    ventris,

    Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17, 154.—
    2.
    The bladder, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3, 24.—
    3.
    The scrotum, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17, 165; id. Tard. 3, 8, 106;

    called in full, folliculum genitale,

    id. ib. 3, 8, 104.

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  • 15 glans

    glans, glandis, f. [kindr. with balanos], an acorn, and, in gen., any acorn-shaped fruit, beechnut, chestnut, etc.
    I.
    Lit.:

    bubus glandem prandio depromere,

    Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 2; Cato, R. R. 54; 60; Col. 6, 3; Plin. 16, 5, 6, § 15 sq.; Lucr. 5, 1416; Cic. Or. 9, 31; Verg. G. 1, 148; Ov. M. 1, 106 et saep.:

    glandis appellatione omnis fructus continetur, ut Javolenus ait,

    Dig. 50, 16, 236.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    An acorn-shaped ball of lead or clay which was hurled at the enemy, Lucr. 6, 179; 307; Caes. B. G. 5, 43, 1; 7, 81, 4; Sall. J. 57, 4; Liv. 38, 20, 1; ib. 21, 7; ib. 29, 6; Verg. A. 7, 686; Ov. M. 14, 826 al.—A leaden ball of this kind was found with the inscription ROMA FERI (i. e. O dea Roma, feri hostem!), Inscr. Orell. 4932.—
    B.
    The glans penis, Cels. 7, 25; cf. Mart. 12, 75, 3.

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  • 16 globus

    glŏbus, i, m. [kindr. with glomus], a round body, a ball, sphere, globe.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: cum duae formae praestantes sint, ex solidis globus (sic enim sphairan interpretari placet), ex planis autem circulus aut orbis, qui kuklos Graece dicitur, Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47:

    ille globus, quae terra dicitur,

    id. Rep. 6, 15:

    terrae,

    id. Tusc. 1, 28, 68; cf.

    stellarum,

    id. Rep. 6, 16; 6, 17:

    solis et lunae,

    Lucr. 5, 472; cf.

    lunae,

    id. 5, 69:

    cum caelum discessisse visum est atque in eo animadversi globi,

    fire-balls, Cic. Div. 1, 43, 97:

    in fundas visci indebant grandiculos globos,

    Plaut. Poen. 2, 35: cordis, poet. for cor, Lucr. 4, 119:

    farinae,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 107 Müll.; v. in the foll.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    A dumpling:

    a globo farinae dilatato item in oleo cocti dicti globi,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 107 Müll.; Cato, R. R. 79.—
    2.
    In milit. lang., a close order of battle, a knot, troop, band, company, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. serra, p. 344 b. Müll.:

    cum globo juvenum,

    Liv. 1, 6, 7; 1, 12, 9:

    emissi militum globi turbam disjecere,

    Tac. A. 14, 61; 4, 50; 12, 43; 15, 60; Sil. 7, 53.—
    II.
    Transf., a globular mass, a ball, globe of things collected together (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cicero nor Cæsar): flammarumque globos liquefactaque volvere saxa, globes or masses of flame, Verg. G. 1, 473:

    sanguinis,

    Ov. M. 12, 238:

    nubium,

    Luc. 4, 74; Tac. A. 2, 23:

    telorum,

    Val. Fl. 6, 381. — A throng, crowd, body, or mass of people:

    extrema contio et circa Fabium globus increpabant inclementem dictatorem,

    Liv. 8, 32, 13:

    circa eum aliquot hominum, ne forte violaretur, constitisset globus,

    id. 2, 29, 2:

    cum repelleretur adsertor virginis a globo mulierum,

    id. 3, 47, 8:

    aditum senatus globus togatorum obsederat,

    Tac. A. 16, 27:

    magno semper electorum juvenum globo circumdari,

    id. G. 13;

    and with a contemptuous secondary notion: si quem ex illo globo nobilitatis ad hoc negotium mittatis,

    from that noble clique, Sall. J. 85, 10 Kritz.:

    conjurationis,

    Vell. 2, 58, 2; cf.

    consensionis,

    Nep. Att. 8, 4:

    Jehu,

    Vulg. 4 Reg. 9, 17.

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  • 17 pilaris

    pĭlāris, e, adj. [3. pila], of or belonging to a ball:

    lusio,

    a game of ball, Stat. S. 4 praef.

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  • 18 plumbea

    plumbĕus, a, um, adj. [plumbum], of or belonging to lead, made of lead, leaden, lead-.
    I.
    Lit.:

    plumbea glans,

    Lucr. 6, 306:

    pistillum,

    Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 169:

    vas,

    id. 33, 6, 35, § 109: ictus, blows given with a scourge to which a leaden ball is attached, Prud. steph. 10, 122.—Subst.
    1.
    plum-bĕum, i, n., a leaden vessel, Cato, R. R. 105:

    Nicerotiana,

    Mart. 6, 55, 3.—
    2.
    plum-bĕa, ae, f., a leaden ball:

    ut mortuus ictu plumbeae crederetur,

    Spart. Sever. 11, 2. —
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Leaden, blunt, dull (class.):

    plumbeo gladio jugulatus,

    Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2:

    o plumbeum pugionem!

    id. Fin. 4, 18, 48.—
    2.
    Leaden, bad, vile, poor, worthless ( poet.):

    nummus,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 40; id. Trin. 4, 2, 120: faber, qui cudere soles plumbeos nummos, to coin leaden money, i. e. bad jokes, id. Most. 4, 2, 11; so, plumbei, as subst. (sc. nummi), Mart. 10, 74, 4:

    vina,

    Mart. 10, 49, 5:

    mala,

    id. 10, 94, 4:

    carmina,

    Aus. Ep. 6, 1.—
    3.
    Leaden, i. e. heavy, oppressive, burdensome ( poet.):

    nec plumbeus Auster Auctumnusque gravis,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 18.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Leaden, i. e. heavy, weighty (ante-class.):

    si quid peccatum est, plumbeas iras gerunt,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 16.—
    B.
    Leaden, dull, stupid, stolid (class.):

    caudex, stipes, asinus, plumbeus,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 4:

    nisi plane in physicis plumbei sumus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71: cor, without feeling, Licin. ap. Suet. Ner. 2.

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  • 19 plumbeum

    plumbĕus, a, um, adj. [plumbum], of or belonging to lead, made of lead, leaden, lead-.
    I.
    Lit.:

    plumbea glans,

    Lucr. 6, 306:

    pistillum,

    Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 169:

    vas,

    id. 33, 6, 35, § 109: ictus, blows given with a scourge to which a leaden ball is attached, Prud. steph. 10, 122.—Subst.
    1.
    plum-bĕum, i, n., a leaden vessel, Cato, R. R. 105:

    Nicerotiana,

    Mart. 6, 55, 3.—
    2.
    plum-bĕa, ae, f., a leaden ball:

    ut mortuus ictu plumbeae crederetur,

    Spart. Sever. 11, 2. —
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Leaden, blunt, dull (class.):

    plumbeo gladio jugulatus,

    Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2:

    o plumbeum pugionem!

    id. Fin. 4, 18, 48.—
    2.
    Leaden, bad, vile, poor, worthless ( poet.):

    nummus,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 40; id. Trin. 4, 2, 120: faber, qui cudere soles plumbeos nummos, to coin leaden money, i. e. bad jokes, id. Most. 4, 2, 11; so, plumbei, as subst. (sc. nummi), Mart. 10, 74, 4:

    vina,

    Mart. 10, 49, 5:

    mala,

    id. 10, 94, 4:

    carmina,

    Aus. Ep. 6, 1.—
    3.
    Leaden, i. e. heavy, oppressive, burdensome ( poet.):

    nec plumbeus Auster Auctumnusque gravis,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 18.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Leaden, i. e. heavy, weighty (ante-class.):

    si quid peccatum est, plumbeas iras gerunt,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 16.—
    B.
    Leaden, dull, stupid, stolid (class.):

    caudex, stipes, asinus, plumbeus,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 4:

    nisi plane in physicis plumbei sumus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71: cor, without feeling, Licin. ap. Suet. Ner. 2.

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  • 20 plumbeus

    plumbĕus, a, um, adj. [plumbum], of or belonging to lead, made of lead, leaden, lead-.
    I.
    Lit.:

    plumbea glans,

    Lucr. 6, 306:

    pistillum,

    Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 169:

    vas,

    id. 33, 6, 35, § 109: ictus, blows given with a scourge to which a leaden ball is attached, Prud. steph. 10, 122.—Subst.
    1.
    plum-bĕum, i, n., a leaden vessel, Cato, R. R. 105:

    Nicerotiana,

    Mart. 6, 55, 3.—
    2.
    plum-bĕa, ae, f., a leaden ball:

    ut mortuus ictu plumbeae crederetur,

    Spart. Sever. 11, 2. —
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Leaden, blunt, dull (class.):

    plumbeo gladio jugulatus,

    Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2:

    o plumbeum pugionem!

    id. Fin. 4, 18, 48.—
    2.
    Leaden, bad, vile, poor, worthless ( poet.):

    nummus,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 40; id. Trin. 4, 2, 120: faber, qui cudere soles plumbeos nummos, to coin leaden money, i. e. bad jokes, id. Most. 4, 2, 11; so, plumbei, as subst. (sc. nummi), Mart. 10, 74, 4:

    vina,

    Mart. 10, 49, 5:

    mala,

    id. 10, 94, 4:

    carmina,

    Aus. Ep. 6, 1.—
    3.
    Leaden, i. e. heavy, oppressive, burdensome ( poet.):

    nec plumbeus Auster Auctumnusque gravis,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 18.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Leaden, i. e. heavy, weighty (ante-class.):

    si quid peccatum est, plumbeas iras gerunt,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 16.—
    B.
    Leaden, dull, stupid, stolid (class.):

    caudex, stipes, asinus, plumbeus,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 4:

    nisi plane in physicis plumbei sumus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71: cor, without feeling, Licin. ap. Suet. Ner. 2.

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  • Ball badminton — is an indigenous sport of India. It is a racquet game played with a woolen ball upon a court of fixed dimensions. This game was played as early as 1856 by the royal family in Tanjore, capital of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu, India. The game… …   Wikipedia

  • Ball — (b[add]l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla, palla, G. ball, Icel. b[ o]llr, 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. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ball and socket joint — Ball Ball (b[add]l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla, palla, G. ball, Icel. b[ o]llr, 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. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ball bearings — Ball Ball (b[add]l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla, palla, G. ball, Icel. b[ o]llr, 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. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ball cartridge — Ball Ball (b[add]l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla, palla, G. ball, Icel. b[ o]llr, 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. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ball cock — Ball Ball (b[add]l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla, palla, G. ball, Icel. b[ o]llr, 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. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ball gudgeon — Ball Ball (b[add]l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla, palla, G. ball, Icel. b[ o]llr, 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. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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