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▪ I. balled, ppl. a.|bɔːld| [f. ball v.1 and n.1 + -ed.] a. Formed into a ball. †b. Cleared of balls or lumps; cf. shelled peas.
1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Desterronada tierra, clods of earth broken, balled ground, or rolled ground. 1759Martin Nat. Hist. II. 112 When ball'd it is laid on Hurdles to dry. 1851L. Gordon in Art Jrnl. Illust. Cat. vii * */1 After the yarn had been made into a balled warp. 1875Browning Aristoph. Apol. 103 The balled fist broke brow like thunderbolt. ▪ II. balled obs. form of bald. |