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Finess [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

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Finess [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Artifice; stratagem; subtilty of contrivance to gain a point.

Finess [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To use artifice or stratagem.

Finesse [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem.

2. The act of finessing. See Finesse, v. i., 2.

Finesse [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To use artifice or stratagem.

2. 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.

Finessed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Finesse

Finessing [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Practicing artifice to accomplish a purpose.

Finessing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Finesse