n :  a round or roundish body or mass: as  a  :  a roundish protuberant part of the body: as (1) :  the rounded eminence by which the base of the thumb is continuous with the palm of the hand (2) :  the rounded broad part of the sole of the human foot between toes and arch and on which the main weight of the body first rests in normal walking (3) :  the padded rounded underside of a human finger or toe near the tip  b  :  EYEBALL  c  :  TESTIS - usu. considered vulgar  d  :  a large pill (as one used in veterinary medicine)  :  BOLUS
vt :  to give a medicinal ball to (as a horse) .
 
 
 
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