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massé (ma sā′)

noun

a stroke in billiards made by hitting the cue ball off center with the cue held nearly vertically, usually so as to make the ball move in a curve around another ball before hitting the object ball

Etymology: Fr, pp. of masser, to make a massé shot < masse, billiard cue, lit., mace

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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