ppl. a. [f. BALL v.1 and sb.1 + -ED.] a. Formed into a ball. † b. Cleared of balls or lumps; cf. shelled peas.

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1591.  Percivall, Sp. Dict., Desterronada tierra, clods of earth broken, balled ground, or rolled ground.

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1759.  Martin, Nat. Hist., II. 112. When ball’d it is laid on Hurdles to dry.

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1851.  L. Gordon, in Art Jrnl. Illust. Cat., vii **/1. After the yarn had been made into a balled warp.

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1875.  Browning, Aristoph. Apol., 103. The balled fist broke brow like thunderbolt.

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