ppl. a. [f. BALL v.1 and sb.1 + -ED.] a. Formed into a ball. † b. Cleared of balls or lumps; cf. shelled peas.
1591. Percivall, Sp. Dict., Desterronada tierra, clods of earth broken, balled ground, or rolled ground.
1759. Martin, Nat. Hist., II. 112. When balld it is laid on Hurdles to dry.
1851. L. Gordon, in Art Jrnl. Illust. Cat., vii **/1. After the yarn had been made into a balled warp.
1875. Browning, Aristoph. Apol., 103. The balled fist broke brow like thunderbolt.