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• ball — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English bal, probably from Old English *beall; akin to Old English bealluc testis, Old High German balla ball, Old Norse bǫllr, Old English blāwan to blow more at blow Date: 13th century 1. a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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