Definition for BALL

BALL, n.2 [Fr. bal; It. ballo; Sp. bayle, a dance; It. ballare, to dance, to shake; Gr. βαλλω, to toss or throw; or παλλω, to leap.]

An entertainment of dancing; originally and peculiarly, at the invitation and expense of an individual; but the word, is used in America, for a dance at the expense of the attendants.

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