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| 1. | A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc. |
| 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. |
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| 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. | An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward. |
| 3. | The game of tenpins or bowling. |
v. t. | 1. | To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball. |
| 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. |
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. |
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