| ball | royal golden orb |
| ball | eyeball; also: cannon-ball |
| bitumed | smeared with pitch [bitumen] |
| bottom | bobbin, ball |
| bottom | [of wool] wind into a ball; focus, concentrate |
| bullet | cannon-ball |
| clew | ball of thread |
| deep | loud, resounding; low-pitched |
| glass | magic mirror, crystal ball |
| gun-stone | cannon-ball, bullet, projectile |
| hair | [product stuffed with hair] tennis-ball |
| hazard | [royal tennis] opening in a court where a ball is unplayable [and thus a winning point is scored] |
| high-pitched | high-aspiring |
| peck | pitch, throw, fling |
| pick | throw, pitch, hurl |
| pight | pitched, set up |
| piping | shrill-toned, high-pitched [either: of pipes; or: of women and children's voices] |
| pitch | height, elevation, high aspiration |
| pitch | place oneself, settle, alight |
| pitch | provide sharp stakes for |
| pitch | black tar-like substance [used to waterproof planks, etc; often, a symbol of defilement] |
| pitch | height [to which a bird of prey soars before swooping] |
| pitch | pay as you go, no credit |
| pitch | set, place |
| pitch-ball | ball black as pitch |
| pitched | strategically planned, made ready for combat |
| pitchy | pitch-dark, black, inky, dark |
| pomander | perfumed ball; or: case containing perfumed substances |
| quoit | throw, pitch, chuck [like a quoit] |
| sharp | high-pitched note, shrill sound |
| sharp | high-pitched, shrill, out-of-tune |
| shrill-gorged | shrill-sounding, with high-pitched voice |
| small | high-pitched, fluting, thin |
| smallness | softness, gentleness, high pitch |
| stool-ball | type of bat-and-ball game, with a stool in place of a wicket |
| troll-my-dame | type of game in which balls are rolled [trolled] through hoops |
| upcast | [bowls] accident, chance; or: throw, pitch |