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é

[ma-sey, mas-ee]

noun

Billiards.
  1. a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.



é

/ ˈæɪ /

noun

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of é1

1870–75; < French: literally, hammered, i.e., struck from above, straight down, equivalent to masse sledge hammer ( Old French mace; mace 1 ) + -ee
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Word History and Origins

Origin of é1

C19: from French, from masser to hit from above with a hammer, from masse sledgehammer, from Old French mace mace 1
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