ball n
   Comb ball gun: muzzle-loading weapon charged with powder and ball.
   T 29-64 He took his ball gun and hove un up 'cross the boat and he put the muzzle to the head o' the seal and ripped the ball through him.
   ball mould: hollow form in which balls of lead are cast for use in muzzle-loading weapons and as weights for fish-nets; CAST-NET MOULD.
   T 66/7-64 You'd have your ball-mould and you'd make your balls in the mould and drop it in the water; fill up the mould again, drop it into the water. Q 73-2 ~ used for making cast-net balls and gun balls. The inside of the mould was coated with chalk before each ball was run. This prevented the molten lead from clinging to the mould.

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