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.