Meaning

present participle and gerund of ball.

Definitions by Sense

1. present participle and gerund of ball
2. Aggregation into clumps or balls;
3. The act of winding into a ball.
4. The act of curling up.
5. The act of wrapping something up.
6. The act of cutting the roots (of a tree) about six inches from the stem, wrapping roots and soil in a sack, then tying the sack with twine.
7. The act or process of using a wrecking ball.
8. (poultry) The accumulation of soil on the feet of a bird, a process that eventually leads to infection.

Example Sentences

As preceding the gaseous states, Faye accepts one of "dissolution," and as the cause of the local accumulation of matter and heat in space, he, like others, regards the balling of matter through gravitation, whereby immense motion is converted into heat .

In other instances, where the blow on the cap was heavier, the flash was much longer and more powerful, and, if injected into a charge of very sensitive ntro, migh not improbably cause a balling of the shot .

Little sticking or balling of the sponge iron occurred when this char was used as the reducing agent , and the sulfur content of the sponge iron ( 0.033 percent ) was lower than was generally obtained with the same ore and other reducing agents .

Beginning in the eleventh centruy we find a "balling" of peasants in the nearby villages and towns , from which they went to work in the more distantly located fields, a development that has its counterpart in ancient Greece as well as in modern times and that could only lift the level of civilization.

The balling of green pellets were carried out in the pelletizing disc with ф800 mm.

Segregation or balling of the fibers is related to several factors, the most important of which appears to be the aspect ratio.

The balling of wool and other fibre is effected by winding on to pipes or tubes ordinarily formed of metal with small flanges at each end , and these pipes or tubes are supported between discs upon an axis to which the desired rotary motion is given for the formation of the balls.

The machine which forms the object of the present application for Patent is destined to do the balling of threads of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other textile material.

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• ballings

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