Concussion.—The displacement of a ball by another driven against it by roquet, croquet, ricochet, or roquet-croquet, and not hit directly either by the mallet or by the playing ball.
Croquet.—(Pronounced Cró-kay.) The title of the game.
The Croquet.—Any ball having struck another, is taken up and placed in contact with the ball it has struck. The player sets his foot upon his own ball, pressing firmly so as to hold it in place, and with a blow of his mallet, delivered upon his own ball, drives the other ball in whatever direction he may desire. (See cut, page 19.)
Dead Ball.—One that has made the grand round and hit the starting post.
Distanced.—A ball is distanced when at the termination of the game it has not tolled the turning post.
Down.—The course from the turning post to the starting post.
A Flinch.—When in the croquet, the playing ball is driven from under the foot by the blow of the mallet, it is called a flinch.
Front of a Bridge.—The side from which the ball must proceed in running it, and with the central bridges is not constant, but is decided in each case by the course of the ball under consideration.
Grand Round.—A ball has made the grand round when it has run all the bridges and tolled the turning post, and is then a rover.