Bible Dictionaries
Baseball

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds ( four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to make after striking the ball.

(2):

(n.) The ball used in this game.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Baseball'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/baseball.html. 1828.