baseball vs nutmeg

baseball

noun
  • The ball used to play the sport of baseball. 

  • A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance. 

  • A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and Japan, in which the object is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins. 

nutmeg

noun
  • The playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent. 

  • A grey-brown colour. 

  • The powdered seed, ready for use. 

  • An evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds. 

  • A whole nutmeg seed. 

  • A small moth, Hadula trifolii, feeding on plants and native to the Northern Hemisphere. 

verb
  • To flavour with nutmeg. 

  • To play the ball between the legs of (an opponent). 

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