Angled.—A ball is angled in respect to that part of the table to which it cannot be directly played.
Ball.—In billiards three balls are used, white, spot-white, and red. The player’s or cue-ball will usually, in this volume, be called ball 1; the object ball, or ball played on, ball 2; and the third ball, ball 3. A line-ball is one resting on the baulk-line.
Baulk.—The space between the baulk-line and the bottom cushion. A ball within that space is in baulk; when a white and red ball are in baulk and the other is off the table, the situation is termed a double baulk.
Break.—The term is applied to a continuous score, or one made in unbroken succession.
To break the balls is to play as at the opening of a game.
Bridge.—The player’s hand which rests on the table, and which serves as a guide to the cue, is so-called.
Coup.—If a player fails to hit another ball, and by the same stroke causes his own ball to enter a pocket, he is said to have run a coup.
Cover.—A ball is said to be covered when it cannot be directly hit by player’s ball because of the interposition of another ball; in other words, when ball 1 cannot directly strike ball 2 because of ball 3, ball 2 is said to be covered by ball 3.
Foul.—A stroke made in contravention of the rules.
In hand.—When a player’s ball is off the table it is termed in hand.