6 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bowl \Bowl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bowled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bowling}.]
1. To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.
Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, And
bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven. --Shak.
2. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we
were bowled rapidly along the road.
3. To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth, And
bowled to death with turnips? --Shak.
{To bowl} (a player) {out}, in cricket, to put out a striker
by knocking down a bail or a stump in bowling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.]
1. A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately
hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.
Brought them food in bowls of basswood.
--Longfellow.
2. Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other
spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking.
3. The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.
4. The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bowl \Bowl\, v. i.
1. To play with bowls.
2. To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc.
3. To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the
carriage bowled along.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bowl \Bowl\ (b[=o]l), n. [F. boule, fr. L. bulla bubble, stud.
Cf. {Bull} an edict, {Bill} a writing.]
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.
2. pl. An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with
biased balls on a level plat of greensward.
Like an uninstructed bowler, . . . who thinks to
attain the jack by delivering his bowl
straightforward upon it. --Sir W.
Scott.
3. pl. The game of tenpins or bowling. [U.S.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bowl
n 1: a round vessel that is open at the top; used for holding
fruit or liquids or for serving food
2: a concave shape with an open top [syn: {trough}]
3: a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
4: the quantity contained in a bowl [syn: {bowlful}]
5: a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
[syn: {stadium}, {arena}, {sports stadium}]
6: a wooden ball (with flattened sides) used in the game of
bowls
7: a small round container that is open at the top for holding
tobacco [syn: {pipe bowl}]
v 1: roll (a ball)
2: engage in the sport of bowling; "My parents like to bowl on
Friday nights"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bowl
The sockets of the lamps of the golden candlestick of the
tabernacle are called bowls (Ex. 25:31, 33, 34; 37:17, 19, 20);
the same word so rendered being elsewhere rendered "cup" (Gen.
44:2, 12, 16), and wine "pot" (Jer. 35:5). The reservoir for
oil, from which pipes led to each lamp in Zechariah's vision of
the candlestick, is called also by this name (Zech. 4:2, 3); so
also are the vessels used for libations (Ex. 25:29; 37:16).