finesse

Definitions

1. 1.(Whist Playing) The act of finessing. See Finesse, v. i., 2.
2. 2.To use artifice or stratagem. Goldsmith.
3. 3.(Whist Playing) To attempt, when second or third player, to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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