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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bowl \Bowl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bowled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bowling}.]
1. To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.
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Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel,
And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven.
--Shak.
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2. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we
were bowled rapidly along the road.
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3. To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
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Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth,
And bowled to death with turnips? --Shak.
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{To bowl} (a player) {out}, in cricket, to put out a striker
by knocking down a bail or a stump in bowling.
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