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Read Ebook: Vocabulum; or The Rogue's Lexicon Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources by Matsell George W George Washington
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ted toward the "object ball;" the other terms relate to the position in which the object ball is struck.
HAZARD. To drive any of the balls into any of the pockets.
HAZARD, DOUBLE. When two balls are pocketed with the same stroke.
HAZARD, LOSING. When the player's ball is pocketed by his own act.
HAZARD, TAKING A. A term used to express that a player is so confident of making a certain hazard, that he will undertake to do it, under penalty of losing, in case he does not succeed, as many lives as he would have gained if successful. The phrase is most frequently employed in two-ball pool.
HAZARD, WINNING. When the player pockets either of the red balls, or his adversary's ball.
HUG. When any of the balls run close alongside of a particular cushion, they are said to hug it.
JAW. When a ball is prevented from dropping into a pocket by the cushions, which extend like jaws on either side.
JUMP. When the player forces his ball by a downward stroke to leap up from the table.
KILLED or DEAD BALL. When a ball in pool has lost its lives, and its chances are not renewed by privileges, it is said to be killed.
KISS. When the ball played with strikes another ball more than once, they are said to kiss; or when two balls, not played with, come in contact.
LONE GAME. A game in which one of the parties is an experienced player, and the other a novice--the former having the game in his own hands.
MISS. To fail striking any of the balls upon the table.
MISS-CUE. When the cue, from any cause, slips off the ball without accomplishing the intended stroke.
PLAYING FOR SAFETY. When the player foregoes a possible advantage, in order to leave the balls in such a position that his opponent can make nothing out of them.
PLAYING SPOT-BALL. When the player is not limited to the number of times he may pocket the red ball from the spot.
PRIVILEGE. When a player loses the lives, or chances, which were given to his ball on its entry into the game, and desires to purchase another chance from the other players, he asks a "privilege."
SCRATCH. When a player wins a stroke or count by accident, without deserving it, he is said to have made a scratch.
STRINGING FOR THE LEAD. A preliminary arrangement, by which it is determined who shall have the choice of lead and balls.
BROKERS'
TECHNICALITIES IN BRIEF.
A BULL is one who buys stocks on speculation, thinking they will rise, so that he can sell at a profit.
A BEAR is one who sells stocks on speculation, thinking they will fall, so that he can buy in for less money to fill his contracts.
A CORNER is when the bears can not buy or borrow the stock to deliver in fulfillment of their contracts.
A DEPOSIT is earnest-money, lodged in the hands of a third party, as a guaranty; "5 up," "10 up," etc., is the language expressive of a deposit.
OVERLOADED is when the bulls can not pay for the stocks they have purchased.
SHORT is when a person or party sells stocks when they have none, and expect to buy or borrow them in time to deliver.
LONG is when a person or party has a plentiful supply of stocks.
A FLYER is to buy some stock with a view to selling it in a few days, and either make or lose, as luck will have it.
A WASH is a pretended sale, by special agreement between the seller and buyer, for the purpose of getting a quotation reported.
A HUNDRED STRETCHES HENCE
Oh! where will be the culls of the bing A hundred stretches hence? The bene morts, who sweetly sing, A hundred stretches hence? The autum-cacklers, autum-coves, The jolly blade who wildly roves; And where the buffer, bruiser, blowen, And all the cops and beaks so knowin', A hundred stretches hence?
And where the swag, so bleakly pinched, A hundred stretches hence? The thimbles, slang, and danglers filched, A hundred stretches hence? The chips, the fawneys, chatty-feeders, The bugs, the boungs, and well-filled readers; And where the fence and snoozing-ken, With all the prigs and lushing men, A hundred stretches hence?
Played out their lay, it will be said A hundred stretches hence, With shovels they were put to bed A hundred stretches since! Some rubbed to whit had napped a winder, And some were scragged and took a blinder, Planted the swag, and lost to sight, We'll bid them, one and all, good night, A hundred stretches hence.
TECHNICAL WORDS AND PHRASES
IN GENERAL USE BY PUGILISTS.
ABROAD. Confused; staggered.
A GENERAL. Possessed of superior science.
BACK-HANDED BLOW. Striking with the back of the clenched fist.
BARNEY. A fight that is sold.
BEAK. The nose.
BEAM-ENDS. Thrown or knocked into a sitting position.
BOKO. The nose.
BOTTOM. Power of endurance.
BOUNCED. Frightened with stories of another's prowess.
BREAD-BASKET. The stomach.
BUFFER. A pugilist.
CHANCERY. When one boxer gets the head of his opponent under his left arm, and holding him by the left wrist, strikes him in the face with his right hand, severely punishing him.
CLARET. Blood.
CHOPPER. A blow given from above.
COLORS. The respective handkerchiefs that each fights under.
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