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▪ I. balling, vbl. n.1|ˈbɔːlɪŋ|
[f. ball v.1 + -ing1.]
1. Formation into a ball or balls; occas. attrib., as in balling-machine (for winding twine), balling-furnace.
1713Lond. & Country Brew. ii. (1743) 135 This Mixing of the Malt..will prevent its Balling, or Gathering together in Heaps. 1869Eng. Mech. 31 Dec. 387/2 Engravings of a ½ lb. and 1 lb. balling machine. 1881Raymond Mining Gloss., Balling, the aggregation of iron in the puddling..process into balls or loups. 1884W. S. B. McLaren Spinning 116 Balling, or making into ‘tops’. Ibid. 117 As this balling head moves from side to side quickly, the ball is made by the sliver constantly passing from side to side. Ibid. 221 With the Blamire and balling systems one card can run while the other is standing.
2. The throwing of (snow-) balls.
1865G. Macdonald A. Forbes xvi. 64 The balling ceased, that Annie..might pass in safety.
3. Vet. Med. The administration of medicine to a horse in the form of a ball (see ball n.1 11); balling gun, balling iron, balling pistol, instruments sometimes used for this purpose.
1805T. Boardman Dict. Veterinary Art s.v. Ball, In order to prevent the fingers, &c. from being hurt by the teeth, an iron instrument covered with cloth (which is known to most grooms under the denomination of a balling iron) is put into the fore part of the horse's mouth, which keeps it at a proper wideness. 1831Youatt Horse 385 The balling iron, while it often wounds and permanently injures the bars, occasions the horse to struggle more than he otherwise would against the administration of the ball. a1877Knight Dict. Mech. I. 220/2 Balling-gun. 1884M. H. Hayes Veterin. Notes (ed. 3) 456 The balling iron is an instrument for keeping the mouth open. Ibid. 457 A balling pistol is useful for giving balls to fractious animals. 1908Animal Managem. 308 Balling.—Take the tongue in the left hand..and push the ball as far as possible over the root of the tongue. 1960Farmer & Stockbreeder 22 Mar. 43/2 Applied by balling gun directly into the gullet.
4. Of bees: see ball v.1 5.
1926Chambers's Jrnl. July 434/2 In the ‘balling’ of their queens, bees give an outstanding illustration of their tendency to do foolish things.
▪ II. † ˈballing, vbl. n.2
[f. ball v.2 + -ing1.]
Frequenting of balls, dancing.
1634–46Row Hist. Kirk. (1842) 172 She..is to be admonished for night-waking, balling, etc. 1676W. Row Suppl. Blair's Autobiog. x. (1848) 226 There was balling and dancing till near day. |