BALL

n. Ba‘l, Gr., obaïpa. Lat., globus, bolus. Fr., balle, Ger., Ball. It., ball a, palla. Sp., bal a, 1. In anatomy, any rounded part, like the globe of the eye, the thickening of the palm at the root of the thumb or of the sole at the base of the erat toe, etc. [A, 302.] 2. A globular ma , as of cotton, etc., used for making applications, for Eunpording, parts,ete. 3. In veterinary medicine, a bolus. BB: 270.) — B.-and-socket joint. See ENARTHROSIS.— Martial b’s. A mixture of 1 part of iron filings and 2 parts of cream of tartar, made into b’s of the consistence of rosin; used to impregnate water with tartrate of iron and pota ium. [B, 86.]— Gas coigne b’s. Powdered oriental bezoar made into b’s, [L, 97.] —Mere urial. An amalgam of tin and mercury made into b's; used by travelers to purify drinking-water. [B, 86.]—Soda b. See British BARILLA.—Soot-b’s. Lat., corpora nigra, Black, paren ma es, consisting of portions of the uvea, sometimes seen at the edges of the pupil and in the anterior chamber of the eye. Te ao —Vorderer B. der Nase (Ger.).