Bowl

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To play with bowls.

II. Bowl ·noun The game of tenpins or bowling.

III. Bowl ·vt To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.

IV. Bowl ·vt To pelt or strike with anything rolled.

V. Bowl ·noun The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.

VI. Bowl ·noun The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.

VII. Bowl ·vi To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, ·etc.

VIII. Bowl ·vi To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along.

IX. Bowl ·vt To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road.

X. Bowl ·noun A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, ·etc.

XI. Bowl ·noun Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking.

XII. Bowl ·noun An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward.

XIII. Bowl ·noun A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled.

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