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roquet
CIDE DICTIONARY
roquet, v. t. [Etymol. uncertain].
To hit, as another's ball, with one's own ball. [1913 Webster]
roquet, v. i.
To hit another's ball with one's own. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
roquet, v. & n. Croquet
--v. (roqueted, roqueting)
1 tr. a cause one's ball to strike (another ball). b (of a ball) strike (another).
2 intr. strike another ball thus.
--n. an instance of roqueting.
--v. (roqueted, roqueting)
1 tr. a cause one's ball to strike (another ball). b (of a ball) strike (another).
2 intr. strike another ball thus.
--n. an instance of roqueting.
Etymology
app. arbitr. f. CROQUET v., orig. used in the same sense
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