sweet ball

noun

A ball of some aromatic substance.

First used 17th c.
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Meanings

nounsweet ball (plural sweet balls)

plural sweet balls

  1. obsoleteA ball of some aromatic substance.First known use 17th c.

    Let them take heed of Esay's prophecy, that their slippers and attires be not taken from them, sweet balls, bracelets, ear-rings, veils[…].

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 3, section 2, member 2, subsection 3
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