a. Of or pertaining to the game of billiards. “Smooth as is a billiard ball.” B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. billiard billiards, OF. billart staff, cue form playing, fr. bille log. See Billet a stick. ] A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom upon) two other balls, or drive another ball into one of the pockets with which the table sometimes is furnished. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n. Caressing; kissing. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ F. billion, arbitrarily formed fr. L. bis twice, in imitation of million a million. See Million. ] According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1, 000, 000, 000; according to the English method, a million millions, or 1, 000, 000, 000, 000. See Numeration. [ 1913 Webster ]