massé

[ ma-sey or, especially British, mas-ee ]

/ mæˈseɪ or, especially British, ˈmæs i /

noun Billiards.

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

Also called massé shot .

Origin of massé

1870–75; <French: literally, hammered, i.e., struck from above, straight down, equivalent to masse sledge hammer (Old French mace;see mace¹) + -é-ee

Words nearby massé

Massawa, Mass book, Mass card, masscult, mass defect, massé, massed practice, Massena, mass-energy, mass-energy equation, mass-energy equivalence

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Example sentences from the Web for massé

From the Masse they bring him back unto the pallace; he washes his hands, and sittes down at the table well furnished.
The Wonder-Working Magician|Pedro Calderon de la Barca
The Society was destined to reap few laurels from the brief apostleship of Biard and Masse.
Pioneers Of France In The New World|Francis Parkman, Jr.
After the masse was done ther was a greate banket and fest and the ladyes of England highly entreteyned.
When Knighthood Was in Flower|Charles Major
These cost at Bantam a dollar for 400, and are worth at Succadanea a masse the 100, a masse being three quarters of a dollar.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. VIII.|Robert Kerr

Forthewith th they saye / what is it to me though papistes do abuse the Masse?
A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful|Peter Martyr

British Dictionary definitions for massé

massé

mass shot

/ (ˈmæsɪ) /

noun

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

Word Origin for massé

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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释义	massé [ ma-sey or, especially British, mas-ee ] / mæˈseɪ or, especially British, ˈmæs i / noun Billiards. a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table. Also called massé shot . Origin of massé 1870–75; <French: literally, hammered, i.e., struck from above, straight down, equivalent to masse sledge hammer (Old French mace;see mace¹) + -é-ee Words nearby massé Massawa, Mass book, Mass card, masscult, mass defect, massé, massed practice, Massena, mass-energy, mass-energy equation, mass-energy equivalence Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for massé From the Masse they bring him back unto the pallace; he washes his hands, and sittes down at the table well furnished. The Wonder-Working Magician\|Pedro Calderon de la Barca The Society was destined to reap few laurels from the brief apostleship of Biard and Masse. Pioneers Of France In The New World\|Francis Parkman, Jr. After the masse was done ther was a greate banket and fest and the ladyes of England highly entreteyned. When Knighthood Was in Flower\|Charles Major These cost at Bantam a dollar for 400, and are worth at Succadanea a masse the 100, a masse being three quarters of a dollar. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. VIII.\|Robert Kerr Forthewith th they saye / what is it to me though papistes do abuse the Masse? A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful\|Peter Martyr British Dictionary definitions for massé massé mass shot / (ˈmæsɪ) / noun 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 Word Origin for massé C19: from French, from masser to hit from above with a hammer, from masse sledgehammer, from Old French mace mace 1 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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