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finessing |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Finesse \Fi*nesse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Finessed}; p. pr & vb n. {Finessing}.] 1. To use artifice or stratagem. --Goldsmith. 2. (Whist Playing) To attempt, when second or third player, to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when an intermediate card is out risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play.
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