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masse

[ma-sey or, especially Brit., mas-ee]

mas·sé

[ma-sey or, especially Brit., mas-ee]
noun Billiards.
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
Also called massé shot.


Origin:
1870–75; < French: literally, hammered, i.e., struck from above, straight down, equivalent to masse sledge hammer (Old French mace; see mace1) + -ee
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masse

noun
a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball 
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