Finessing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Finesse \Fi*nesse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Finessed}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Finessing}.]
     1. To use artifice or stratagem. --Goldsmith.
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     2. (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.
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