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Meaning of chewing ball | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A medicinal ball attached to a horse's bit so that the chewing will improve its appetite.

Examples

“CHEWING-BALLS, a kind of balls made of aſafœtida, liver of antimony, bay-wood, juniper-wood, and pellitory of Spain; which being dried in the ſun, and wrapped in a linen-cloth, are tied to the bit of the bridle for the horſe to chew: they create an appetite; and it is ſaid, that balls of Venice treacle may be uſed in the ſame manner with good ſucceſs.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

chewing gum chewing louse chewing sponge chewing stick chewing tobacco chewing-gum