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Bowl \Bowl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bowled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bowling}.]
1. To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.
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Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel,
And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven.
--Shak.
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2. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we
were bowled rapidly along the road.
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3. To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
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Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth,
And bowled to death with turnips? --Shak.
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{To bowl} (a player) {out}, in cricket, to put out a striker
by knocking down a bail or a stump in bowling.
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Bowl \Bowl\ (b[=o]l), n. [OE. bolle, AS. bolla; akin to Icel.
bolli, Dan. bolle, G. bolle, and perh. to E. boil a tumor.
Cf. {Boll}.]
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1. A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately
hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.
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Brought them food in bowls of basswood.
--Longfellow.
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2. Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other
spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking.
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3. The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.
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4. The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.
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Bowl \Bowl\, v. i.
1. To play with bowls.
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2. To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc.
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3. To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the
carriage bowled along.
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Bowl \Bowl\ (b[=o]l), n. [F. boule, fr. L. bulla bubble, stud.
Cf. {Bull} an edict, {Bill} a writing.]
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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.
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2. pl. An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with
biased balls on a level plat of greensward.
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Like an uninstructed bowler, . . . who thinks to
attain the jack by delivering his bowl
straightforward upon it. --Sir W.
Scott.
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3. pl. The game of tenpins or bowling. [U.S.]
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