balling
/bˈɔlɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of cutting the roots (of a tree) about six inches from the stem, wrapping roots and soil in a sack, then tying the sack with twine.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The accumulation of soil on the feet of a bird, a process that eventually leads to infection.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "As preceding the gaseous states, Faye accepts one of "dissolution," and as the cause of the local accumulation of matter and heat in space, he, like others, regards the balling of matter through gravitation, whereby immense motion is converted into heat ."
- "In other instances, where the blow on the cap was heavier, the flash was much longer and more powerful, and, if injected into a charge of very sensitive ntro, migh not improbably cause a balling of the shot ."
- "Little sticking or balling of the sponge iron occurred when this char was used as the reducing agent , and the sulfur content of the sponge iron ( 0.033 percent ) was lower than was generally obtained with the same ore and other reducing agents ."
- "Beginning in the eleventh centruy we find a "balling" of peasants in the nearby villages and towns , from which they went to work in the more distantly located fields, a development that has its counterpart in ancient Greece as well as in modern times and that could only lift the level of civilization."
- "The balling of green pellets were carried out in the pelletizing disc with ф800 mm."
- "Segregation or balling of the fibers is related to several factors, the most important of which appears to be the aspect ratio."