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.
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