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chewing ball

chewing ball noun: a medicinal ball attached to a horse's bit so that the chewing will improve its appetite.

Noun

chewing ball (plural chewing balls)

  1. A medicinal ball attached to a horse's bit so that the chewing will improve its appetite.
    • CHEWING-BALLS, a kind of balls made of aſafœtida, liver of antimony, bay-wood, juniper-wood, and pellitory of Spain; which being dried in the ſun, and wrapped in a linen-cloth, are tied to the bit of the bridle for the horſe to chew: they create an appetite; and it is ſaid, that balls of Venice...1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183

Forms of chewing ball

pluralchewing balls
alternative formchewing-ball

Questions about chewing ball

What does chewing ball mean?
Chewing ball means a medicinal ball attached to a horse's bit so that the chewing will improve its appetite.
What part of speech is chewing ball?
Chewing ball is a noun.
What is the plural of chewing ball?
The plural of chewing ball is chewing balls.

Words near chewing ball in the dictionary

  1. chewies
  2. chewiest
  3. chewin'
  4. chewiness
  5. chewing
  6. chewing ball
  7. chewing balls
  8. chewing gum
  9. chewing gumless
  10. chewing gums
  11. chewing lice

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