See Also: ament(medicine)
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baseball (iou) and ament (medicine)


baseball (iou)



Baseball noun. E19.
[from BASE noun1 + BALL noun1.]
A team game played with a bat and ball, in which runs are scored by reaching a number of bases in turn; now spec. the American field-game of this type, played by two teams of nine players, the object of which is for each batter to hit the ball delivered by the opponent's pitcher and then traverse a diamond-shaped circuit of four bases to score a run; a ball used in this game.
Comb.: Baseball cap a cotton cap of a kind originally worn by Baseball players, with a large peak and an adjustable strap at the back.

ament (medicine)


ament
<botany> A species of inflorescence; a catkin. "The globular ament of a buttonwood." (Coues)

Origin: L. Amentum thong or strap.

Source: Websters Dictionary