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Billiard
Billiard Bil"liard, a.
Of or pertaining to the game of billiards. ``Smooth as is a
billiard ball.' --B. Jonson.
BilliardsBilliards Bil"liards, n. [F. billiard billiards, OF. billart
staff, cue form playing, fr. bille log. See Billet a
stick.]
A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular
table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel
his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom
upon) two other balls, or drive another ball into one of the
pockets with which the table sometimes is furnished. GailliardeGailliarde Gail*liarde", n. [See Galliard a dance.]
A lively French and Italian dance. Galliard
Galliard Gal"liard, n.
A brisk, gay man. [Obs.]
Selden is a galliard by himself. --Cleveland.
GalliardGalliard Gal"liard, n. [F. gaillarde, cf. Sp. gallarda. See
Galliard, a.]
A gay, lively dance. Cf. Gailliarde.
Never a hall such a galliard did grace. --Sir. W.
Scott. Galliard
Galliard Gal"liard, a. [OE., fr. F. gaillard, perh. of Celtic
origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. galach valiant, or AS. gagol, geagl,
wanton, lascivious.]
Gay; brisk; active. [Obs.]
galliardCinque-pace Cinque"-pace`, n. [Cinque + pace.]
A lively dance (called also galliard), the steps of which
were regulated by the number five. [Obs.] --Nares. Shak. GalliardiseGalliardise Gal`liard*ise, n. [F. gaillardise. See Galliard,
a.]
Excessive gayety; merriment. [Obs.]
The mirth and galliardise of company. --Sir. T.
Browne. Galliardness
Galliardness Gal"liard*ness, n.
Gayety. [Obs.] --Gayton.
HalliardHalliard Hal"liard, n.
See Halyard. lawn billiardsTroco Tro"co, n.
An old English game; -- called also lawn billiards. MilliardMilliard Mil`liard", n. [F., from mille, mil, thousand, L.
mille.]
A thousand millions; -- called also billion. See Billion. MilliariesMilliary Mil"li*a*ry, n.; pl. Milliaries. [L. milliarium.
See Milliary, a.]
A milestone. MilliaryMilliary Mil"li*a*ry, a. [L. milliarius containing a thousand,
fr. mille thousand: cf. F. milliaire milliary. See Mile.]
Of or pertaining to a mile, or to distance by miles; denoting
a mile or miles.
A milliary column, from which they used to compute the
distance of all the cities and places of note.
--Evelyn. MilliaryMilliary Mil"li*a*ry, n.; pl. Milliaries. [L. milliarium.
See Milliary, a.]
A milestone. PalliardPalliard Pal"liard, n. [F. paillard, orig., one addicted to
the couch, fr. paille straw. See Pallet a small bed.]
1. A born beggar; a vagabond. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
2. A lecher; a lewd person. [Obs.] --Dryden. Spilliard fishingSpillet fishing Spil"let fish`ing, Spilliard fishing
Spil"liard fish`ing,
A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks
set on snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called
trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and
long-line fishing. To nurse billiard ballsNurse Nurse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nursed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Nursing.]
1. To nourish; to cherish; to foster; as:
(a) To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend,
as an infant.
(b) To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an
invalid; to attend upon.
Sons wont to nurse their parents in old age.
--Milton.
Him in Egerian groves Aricia bore, And nursed
his youth along the marshy shore. --Dryden.
2. To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid
condition; to foster; to cherish; -- applied to plants,
animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by,
attention. ``To nurse the saplings tall.' --Milton.
By what hands [has vice] been nursed into so
uncontrolled a dominion? --Locke.
3. To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase;
as, to nurse our national resources.
4. To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does. --A. Trollope.
To nurse billiard balls, to strike them gently and so as to
keep them in good position during a series of caroms.
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