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Ball cock at English => English (Websters 1913) Of Explained:

Ball \Ball\ (b[add]l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla,
palla, G. ball, Icel. b["o]llr, ball; cf. F. balle. Cf. 1st
{Bale}, n., {Pallmall}.]
1. Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as,
a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

2. A spherical body of any substance or size used to play
with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.

3. A general name for games in which a ball is thrown,
kicked, or knocked. See {Baseball}, and {Football}.

4. 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}.

5. (Pyrotechnics & Mil.) 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.

6. (Print.) 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inking the form, but now superseded by the roller.

7. A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body;
as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.

8. (Far.) A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly
given to horses; a bolus. --White.

9. The globe or earth. --Pope.

Move round the dark terrestrial ball. --Addison.

{Ball and socket joint}, a joint in which a ball moves within
a socket, so as to admit of motion in every direction
within certain limits.

{Ball bearings}, a mechanical device for lessening the
friction of axle bearings by means of small loose metal
balls.

{Ball cartridge}, a cartridge containing a ball, as
distinguished from a blank cartridge, containing only
powder.

{Ball cock}, a faucet or valve which is opened or closed by
the fall or rise of a ball floating in water at the end of
a lever.

{Ball gudgeon}, a pivot of a spherical form, which permits
lateral deflection of the arbor or shaft, while retaining
the pivot in its socket. --Knight.

{Ball lever}, the lever used in a ball cock.

{Ball of the eye}, the eye itself, as distinguished from its
lids and socket; -- formerly, the pupil of the eye.

{Ball valve} (Mach.), a contrivance by which a ball, placed
in a circular cup with a hole in its bottom, operates as a
valve.

{Ball vein} (Mining), a sort of iron ore, found in loose
masses of a globular form, containing sparkling particles.


{Three balls}, or {Three golden balls}, a pawnbroker's sign
or shop.

Syn: See {Globe}.

Cock \Cock\, n. [AS. coc; of unknown origin, perh. in imitation
of the cry of the cock. Cf. {Chicken}.]
1. The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or
domestic fowls.

2. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.

Drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks! --Shak.

3. A chief man; a leader or master. [Humorous]

Sir Andrew is the cock of the club, since he left
us. --Addison.

4. The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning;
cockcrow. [Obs.]

He begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock.
--Shak.

5. A faucet or valve.

Note: Jonsons says, ``The handly probably had a cock on the
top; things that were contrived to turn seem anciently
to have had that form, whatever was the reason.''
Skinner says, because it used to be constructed in
forma crit[ae] galli, i.e., in the form of a cock's
comb.

6. The style of gnomon of a dial. --Chambers.

7. The indicator of a balance. --Johnson.

8. The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of
a balance in a clock or watch. --Knight.

{Ball cock}. See under {Ball}.

{Chaparral cock}. See under {Chaparral}.

{Cock and bull story}, {an extravagant}, boastful story; a
canard.

{Cock of the plains} (Zo["o]l.) See {Sage cock}.

{Cock of the rock} (Zo["o]l.), a South American bird
({Rupicola aurantia}) having a beautiful crest.

{Cock of the walk}, a chief or master; the hero of the hour;
one who has overcrowed, or got the better of, rivals or
competitors.

{Cock of the woods}. See {Capercailzie}.

ball cock at English => English (WordNet) Of Explained:

ball cock
n : floating ball that controls level in a water tank [syn: {ballcock}]

ball cock at English (WD) Of Explained:

==English==

Noun

Inter: en-nou » n
  • Inter: alternative spelling of » ballcock

  • Translation: et » ball cock
    Translation: ta » ball cock