Ball: Definition and part of speech

Ball

n. The globe or earth.
n. Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.
n. A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.
n. A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football.
n. 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.
n. 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.
n. 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cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; — formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller.
n. A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.
n. A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses; a bolus.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

n. A projecting gallery once common at the stern of large ships.
n. A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater.

a. Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced.
a. Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak.
a. Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.
a. Undisguised.
a. Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean.
a. Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.
a. Destitute of the natural covering.

n. A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession.
n. A rich brocade; baudekin.
n. A structure in form of a canopy, sometimes supported by columns, and sometimes suspended from the roof or projecting from the wall; generally placed over an altar; as, the baldachin in St. Peter’s.