Vocabulary : Balking to Balladry
Balking : of BalkBalkingly : In a manner to balk or frustrate.
Balkish : Uneven; ridgy.
Balky : Apt to balk; as, a balky horse.
Ball : Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow. ;; A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc. ;; A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football. ;; 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. ;; 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. ;; 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cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller. ;; A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot. ;; A large pi
