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• Billiards — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• billiards — ► PLURAL NOUN (treated as sing. ) ▪ a game for two people, played on a billiard table with three balls. ORIGIN French billard billiard cue, billiards , from Old French bille tree trunk …   English terms dictionary

• billiards — [bil′yərdz] n. [Fr billard, the game; orig., a stick, cue < OFr bille: see BILLET2] 1. a game played with three hard balls on a rectangular table covered with cloth, esp. baize, and having raised, cushioned edges: a long, tapering stick… …   English World dictionary

• Billiards at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games — Billiards medal table by country= ( Host nation in bold. )Medal winnersExternal links* [http://www.2007seagames.com/info/ Southeast Asian Games Official Results] …   Wikipedia

• billiards — 1590s, from Fr. billiard, originally the word for the wooden cue stick, a diminutive from O.Fr. bille stick of wood, from M.L. billia tree, trunk, possibly from Gaulish (Cf. Ir. bile tree trunk ) …   Etymology dictionary

• billiards — billiardist, n. /bil yeuhrdz/, n. (used with a sing. v.) any of several games played with hard balls of ivory or of a similar material that are driven with a cue on a cloth covered table enclosed by a raised rim of rubber, esp. a game played with …   Universalium

• Billiards at Half-past Nine — infobox Book | name = Billiards at Half past Nine title orig = Billard um halb zehn translator = image caption = author = Heinrich Böll illustrator = cover artist = country = Germany language = German series = genre = Novel publisher = Penguin… …   Wikipedia

• Billiards World Cup Association — The Billiards World Cup Association (BWA) was a governing body for carom billiards, like its competitor and successor, Union Mondiale de Billard.After staging several three cushion billiards championships, BWA met its demise in 2004 due to… …   Wikipedia

• billiards — [[t]bɪ̱liə(r)dz[/t]] (The form billiard is used as a modifier.) 1) N UNCOUNT Billiards is a game played on a large table, in which you use a long stick called a cue to hit balls against each other or into pockets around the sides of the table.… …   English dictionary

• billiards — n. to play billiards * * * to play billiards …   Combinatory dictionary

• billiards — n. 1 a game played on an oblong cloth covered table, with three balls struck with cues into pockets round the edge of the table. 2 (billiard) (in comb.) used in billiards (billiard ball; billiard table). Etymology: orig. pl., f. F billard… …   Useful english dictionary