Misplay.—Playing out of proper tour; playing the ball of another player, or continuing the tour after failing to make a point.
Oblique Bridge.—A bridge accidentally out of perpendicular, either to the horizon or to the line joining the stakes.
Overrunning a Bridge.—A ball overruns its proper bridge when, in attempting to run it, it passes it on one side.
Placing a Ball.—Bringing it within the arena when driven out of it, or removing a ball from a fixed obstacle.
Point.—A blow by which a step on the round or a roquet is made, thereby entitling the player to continuance of tour—that is, to another blow.
Position.—A ball is in position when it is in front of its proper bridge, with a reasonable probability of running it on the next blow. The position is good or bad according to the ease or difficulty of the run.
Proper Bridge.—The next "step on the round," the making of which constitutes a point.
Push.—Shoving the ball with the mallet, allowed on some croquet-grounds instead of a blow.
Re-roquet.—After roquetting a ball to roquet it again during the same tour, a right acquired only by making a step on the round.
Ricochet.—Two or more roquets made on the same blow.