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Bowls. An unevenness of the ground which impedes or diverts a bowl; the slowing or diversion of a bowl caused by this. Now rare.
Bowls. The condition or fact of a bowl being hindered or diverted by an obstacle. Cf. rub, v.1 8a and rub, n.1 2. Obsolete.
Bowls. (See quot. 1876 and rub, n.1 2a.)