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Webster 1913 Edition


Bowl

Bowl

(bōl)
,
Noun.
[OE.
bolle
, AS.
bolla
; akin to Icel.
bolli
, Dan.
bolle
, G.
bolle
, and perh. to E.
boil
a tumor. Cf.
Boll
.]
1.
A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.
Brought them food in
bowls
of basswood.
Longfellow.
2.
Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking.
3.
The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.
4.
The hollow part of a thing;
as, the
bowl
of a spoon
.

Bowl

(bōl)
,
Noun.
[F.
boule
, fr. L.
bulla
bubble, stud. Cf.
Bull
an edict,
Bill
a writing.]
1.
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.
2.
pl.
An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward.
Like an uninstructed bowler, . . . who thinks to attain the jack by delivering his
bowl
straightforward upon it.
Sir W. Scott.
3.
pl
.
The game of tenpins or bowling.
[U.S.]

Bowl

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bowled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bowling
.]
1.
To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.
Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel,
And
bowl
the round nave down the hill of heaven.
Shakespeare
2.
To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels;
as, we were
bowled
rapidly along the road
.
3.
To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
Alas, I had rather be set quick i’ the earth,
And
bowled
to death with turnips[GREEK]
Shakespeare
To bowl
(a player)
out
,
in cricket, to put out a striker by knocking down a bail or a stump in bowling.

Bowl

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To play with bowls.
2.
To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc.
3.
To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball;
as, the carriage
bowled
along
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bowl

BOWL

,
Noun.
[In Latin, vola is the hollow of the hand.]
1.
A concave vessel to hold liquors, rather wide than deep, and thus distinguished from a cup, which is rather deep than wide.
2.
The hollow part of any thing; as the bowl of a spoon.
3.
A basin; a fountain.

BOWL

,
Noun.
A ball of wood used for play on a level plat of ground.

BOWL

,
Verb.
I.
To play with bowls, or at bowling.

BOWL

,
Verb.
T.
To roll as a bowl; also, to pelt with any thing rolled.