| 单词 | balling iron |
| 释义 | > as lemmasballing iron C1. attributive in the names of instruments used for balling (see sense 3), as balling gun, balling iron, †balling pistol, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > [noun] > veterinary equipment > device for administering pill balling gun1788 balling iron1788 balling pistol1788 1788balling iron [see sense 3]. 1805 T. Boardman Dict. Veterinary Art at 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. 1858 J. Gamgee Veterinarian's Vade Mecum Introd. p. xvi In very narrow mouths, in young animals and in cases of spasmodic contraction of the masseter muscles, balling pistols must be employed. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 220/2 Balling-gun, an instrument for administering medicine rolled into balls to horses. 1918 A. S. Alexander in E. L. D. Seymour Farm Knowl. I. xxvii. 308/1 Place a ‘balling iron’ in the mouth and try to reach and remove the object, an assistant, meanwhile, pressing it upward. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 22 Mar. 43/2 Applied by balling gun directly into the gullet. 2006 Daily Oklahoman (Nexis) 27 Apr. A ‘balling gun’ is used to give the pill to the calf, who swallows it. < as lemmas |
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