See also:

• PELOTA (Sp. " little ball," from Lat. piles)

PELOTA (Sp. " little 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," from See also:

• LAT

Lat. piles)  , a 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 See also:

• GAME

game which, originating centuries ago in the Basque provinces, has See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed into several forms of the See also:

• SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport . Epigrams of See also:

• MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS)

Martial show that there were at least three kinds of See also:

• PELOTA (Sp. " little ball," from Lat. piles)

pelota played in his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . Blaid, practically See also:

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

hand See also:

• FIVES

fives against the back See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall of a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, is still played on both sides of the See also:

• PYRENEES [Span. Pirineos, Fr. Pyrenees]

Pyrenees . It is so popular that the authorities had to forbid its being played against the walls of the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral at See also:

• BARCELONA

Barcelona . In uncovered courts of large See also:

• SIZE

size there are two varieties of pelota . One, the favourite pastime of the Basque, is played against a front wall (fronton), either See also:

• BARE

bare-handed, with a 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 or wooden See also:

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

long See also:

• GLOVE (O. Eng. glof, perhaps connected with Gothic lofa, the palm of the hand)

glove-like See also:

• PROTECTOR

protector (testa), or with a chistera strapped to the See also:

• WRIST

wrist, a sickle-shaped wicker-See also:

• WORK

work See also:

• IMPLEMENT (Lat. implementum, a filling up, from implere, to fill)

implement three feet long, much like a See also:

• HANSOM, JOSEPH ALOYSIUS (1803-1882)

hansom-See also:

• WHEEL (0. Eng. hweol, hweohl, &c., cognate with Icel. hjol, Dan. hiul, the Indo-European root is seen in Sanskrit chakra, Gr. r in Aos, circle, whence " cycle ")
• WHEEL, BREAKING ON THE

wheel See also:

• BASKET

basket mud-guard, in the narrow groove of which the ball is caught and from which, thanks to the leverage afforded, it can be hurled with tremendous force . There are several players to a See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, frequently an uneven number to allow a See also:

• HANDICAP

handicap . The See also:

• SCORE (O.E. scor, from sceran, to cut, notch, cf. " shear ")

score is announced by a cantara, whose melodious vocal efforts make him not the least appreciated participant in the game . In the other See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the game, played nearly exclusively by professionals (pelotaris), there are usually three players on each side, two forwards and a back, distinguished by a coloured See also:

• SASH

sash or cap . The server (butteur) slips off his chistera to serve, bouncing the ball on the but, a See also:

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

kind of See also:

• STOOL

stool, about 30 ft. from the wall, and striking it See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low against the wall . The side that wins the toss has the first service . The ball must be replayed by the opposing side at the wall, which it must See also:

• HIT

hit over a See also:

• LINE

line 3 ft. from the See also:

• BASE

base of the wall and under the See also:

• NET

net fixed at the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of the wall .

The game is counted 15, 30, 40, game, reckoned by the number of faults made by the opposing side . A See also:

• FAULT (Mid. Eng. faute, through the French, from the popular Latin use of fallere, to fail; the originallof the Latin being replaced in English in the 15th century)

fault is scored (a) when after the service the ball is not caught on the volley or first bounce, (b) when it does not on the return strike the wall within the prescribed limits, (c) when it goes out of the prescribed limits of the court, (d) when it strikes the net fixed at the top of the court . The side making the fault loses the service . A game like this has been played in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England by See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish professionals on a court 250 ft. long, against a wall 30 ft. high and 55 ft. wide . The ball used, a trifle smaller than a base-ball, is hard See also:

• RUBBER, INDIARUBBER

rubber See also:

• WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound with See also:

• YARN

yarn and leather-covered, weighing 5 ounces . The server bounces the ball on the See also:

• CONCRETE
• CONCRETE (Lat. concretes, participle of concrescere, to grow together)

concrete See also:

• FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor quite near the fronton, and hits it with his chistera against the wall with a force to make it rebound beyond a line 8o ft. back . It usually goes See also:

• TREBLE (a doublet of " triple," three-fold, from Lat. triplus, triple; cf. " double " from duplus)

treble that distance .