Ninepins
31ninepin — [nin′pin΄] n. a pin used in the game of ninepins * * * nine·pin (nīnʹpĭn ) n. 1. ninepins (used with a sing. or pl. verb)A bowling game in which nine wooden pins are the target. 2. A wooden pin used in the game of ninepins. * * * …
32ninepin — n. 1 (in pl.; usu. treated as sing.) a game in which nine pins are set up at the end of an alley and bowled at in an attempt to knock them down. 2 a pin used in this game. * * * noun a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in… …
33Tenpins — Ten pins, n. A game resembling ninepins, but played with ten pins. See {Ninepins}. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] …
34bowling — /boh ling/, n. 1. any of several games in which players standing at one end of an alley or green roll balls at standing objects or toward a mark at the other end, esp. a game in which a heavy ball is rolled from one end of a wooden alley at… …
35skittles — noun a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins • Syn: ↑ninepins • Hypernyms: ↑bowling * * * n ninepins, pins, tenpin bowling, tenpins, skittle pins, kettle pins * * * skittles UK… …
36kails — ˈkāəlz noun plural Etymology: Middle English kayles; akin to Middle Dutch kegel cone, ninepin, Old High German kegil stake, peg, Old Norse kaggi keg more at keg 1. dialect Britain : a set of bone or wooden pins used in playing ninepins 2. usually …
37bowl|ing — «BOH lihng», noun. 1. a) a game played indoors, in which balls are rolled down a wooden alley at ten bottle shaped wooden pins; tenpins. b) (formerly) = ninepins. (Cf. ↑ninepins) 2. the game of bowls. 3. the playing of any of these games …
38Closh — Closh, n. [CF. D. klossen to play at bowls.] The game of ninepins. [Obs.] Halliwell. [1913 Webster] …
39Cock — (k[o^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cocked} (k[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cocking}.] [Cf. Gael. coc to cock.] 1. To set erect; to turn up. [1913 Webster] Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears. Gay. [1913 Webster] Dick would cock his nose in scorn.… …
40Cocked — Cock Cock (k[o^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cocked} (k[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cocking}.] [Cf. Gael. coc to cock.] 1. To set erect; to turn up. [1913 Webster] Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears. Gay. [1913 Webster] Dick would cock his nose in… …
