Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Football"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Football \Foot"ball`\, n.
An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India
rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather. --Waller.
2. The game of kicking the football by opposing parties of
players between goals. --Arbuthnot.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
football
n 1: any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in
which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball
into each other's goal
2: the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football
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