ball2 (bal)

i. [ in Harper's Mag., X. 821. ing. balls (bal), n. [Not found in ME., but perhaps existent, as the po ible source of the adj. ballede, balled, balde, E. bald1, q. v., and of ballardı, q. v.; The ii. proper tyes of a bauson [badger). The fyrste is to haue a whyte rase or a ball in the foreheed; the seconde, to haue a whyte fote. Fitzherbert , Husbandry, § 73. ( N. E. D. ) 2. A horse or nag (originally, white-faced): used appellatively, like dun , bayard . ball4t, v. An obsolete form of bawll . Gower, Conf. Amant. is the lyrically dramatic expre ion of W. Sharp , D. G. Ro etti, p. 355. actions and events in the lives of others. 4. In music, originally, a short and simple vocal melody, often adapted to more than one stanza of poetry and having a simple instrumental accompaniment. The term is sometimes applied to instrumental melodies of a similar character, and more loosely to more elaborate compositions in which a narrative idea is intended to be expre ed.