See also:

• BOLAS (plural of Span. bola, ball)

BOLAS (plural of Span. bola, See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

ball)  , a See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• INDIAN

Indian weapon of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war and the See also:

• CHASE
• CHASE, SALMON PORTLAND (1808-1873)
• CHASE, SAMUEL (1741–1811)
• CHASE, WILLIAM MERRITT (1849– )

chase, consisting of balls of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone attached to the ends of a rope of See also:

• TWISTED

twisted or braided hide or See also:

• HEMP (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, Lat. cannabis)

hemp . See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• DARWIN, CHARLES ROBERT (1809-1882)
• DARWIN, ERASMUS (1731-1802)

Darwin .thus describes them in his Voyage of the Beagle: " The See also:

• BOLAS (plural of Span. bola, ball)

bolas, or balls, are of two kinds: the simplest, which is used chiefly for catching ostriches, consists of two See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round stones, covered with See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather, and See also:

• UNITED

united by a thin, plaited thong, about 8 ft. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long . The other See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind differs only in having three balls united,by thongs to a See also:

• COMMON

common centre . The Gaucho (native of See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish descent) holds the smallest of the three in his See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, and whirls the other two around his See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head; then, taking aim, sends them like See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain shot revolving through the See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air . The balls no sooner strike any See also:

• OBJECT

object, than, winding round it, they See also:

• CROSS

cross each other and become firmly hitched." Bolas have been used for centuries in the South American See also:

• PAMPAS (Span. La Pampa, from a Quichua word signifying a level open space or terrace)

pampas and even the See also:

• FOREST

forest regions of the Rio Grande . F . Ratzel (See also:

• HISTORY

History of Mankind) supposes them to be a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• LASSO (LASSOS), ORLANDO (c. 1530-1594)
• LASSO (Span. lazo, snare, ultimately from Lat. laqueus, cf. " lace ")

lasso . The Eskimos use a some-what similar weapon to kill birds . Bolas perdidas (i.e. lost) are stones attached to a very See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short thong, or, in some cases, having none at all .