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Object ball   /ˈɑbdʒɛkt bɔl/   Listen
Object ball

noun
1.
The billiard ball that is intended to be the first ball struck by the cue ball.





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"Object ball" Quotes from Famous Books



... billiard-room of the house. I took off the cloth, got out the balls, picked out a cue for Mr. Edison, and when we banked for the first shot I won and started the game. After making two or three shots I missed, and a long carom shot was left for Mr. Edison, the cue ball and object ball being within about twelve inches of each other, and the other ball a distance of nearly the length of the table. Mr. Edison attempted to make the shot, but missed it and said 'Put the balls back.' So I put them back ...
— Edison, His Life and Inventions • Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin


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