feeder (iou) and Baby the Ball - Bowling (gambling)

feeder (iou)

feeder noun. LME.
[from FEED verb1 + -ER1.]
A person who supports, sustains, or supplies Food for another, an animal, etc. LME.
b. The host of a parasite; derog. a person who keeps another as a sycophant or spy. L16-E19.
A person who fattens up livestock for market. LME.
b. A person who attends to the feeding of a flock, a shepherd, (lit. & fig.). LME.
c. A person who supervises the feeding or Training of horses, hounds, fighting cocks, etc. L18.
A consumer of Food (esp. in a specified manner). M16.
b. A person dependent on another for sustenance; a servant. Only in E17.
c. An animal (being) fattened for market. Now chiefly US. L18.
A person who or thing which supplies material to a machine in regulated quantities. M17.
Mining. A smaller lode falling into the main lode or vein. E18.
b. An underground spring; an escape of water or gas. E18.
A natural or artificial water course which flows into another body of water; a tributary (lit. & fig.). L18.
b. A branch road, railway line, air service, etc., linking outlying districts with the main lines of communication. M19.
A device used in feeding; slang a spoon; a baby's bottle or bib; a receptacle from which animals etc. may feed. E19.
The bowler in certain ball Games. Also, a game resembling rounders. E19.
A reservoir of liquid metal to be supplied to a casting; a channel or means of supply of liquid metal. M19.
Electrical Engineering. A heavy untapped main for carrying electrical energy to a distribution point or system. L19.
b. An electrical connection between an aerial and a transmitter or receiver of electromagnetic waves. E20.
Theatrical. = FEED noun 7. L19.

Baby the Ball - Bowling (gambling)

To release the ball too carefully, at the expense of the follow-through.

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