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balling-irons

balling-irons is the plural of balling-iron.

Meaning of balling-iron

Noun

balling-iron (plural balling-irons)

  1. A piece of shaped metal that forces the mouth of an animal to stay open.
    • After a due examination of the mouth has been made, and we have selected the tooth to be operated upon, the animal should be restrained by means of a twitch, and a balling-iron ought then to be placed in the mouth . The common open balling-iron will answer the purpose, but the one I would recommend...1851, The Veterinarian: A Monthly Journal of Veterinary Science, page 635

Questions about balling-irons

What is balling-irons the plural of?
Balling-irons is the plural of balling-iron.

Words near balling-irons in the dictionary

  1. balling off
  2. balling out
  3. Balling scale
  4. balling up
  5. balling-iron
  6. balling-irons
  7. Ballingarrane
  8. ballinger
  9. ballingers
  10. Ballingham
  11. ballings

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