To shape (a piece of dough) into a ball.
A single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means.
A round loaf of bread.
A round piece of dough.
A through-sawn log with the slices restacked in the order and orientation they originally had in the log, usually with waney edges.
A council of citizens in Ancient Greece
One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.
to roll into a ball
(transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail)
Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
The cords suspending a hammock.
The sheets so attached to a sail.
The lower corner(s) of a sail to which a sheet is attached for trimming the sail (adjusting its position relative to the wind); the metal loop or cringle in the corner of the sail, to which the sheet is attached. (on a triangular sail) The trailing corner relative to the wind direction.