See also:

• BISQUE (a French word of unknown origin, formerly spelt in English " bilk ")

BISQUE (a See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French word of unknown origin, formerly spelt in See also:

• ENGLISH

English " bilk ")  , a See also:

• TERM

term for odds given in the See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games of See also:

• TENNIS (sometimes called royal tennis, and, in America, court tennis)

tennis, See also:

• LAWN

lawn tennis, See also:

• CROQUET (from Fr. trot, a crook, or crooked stick)

croquet and See also:

• GOLF (in its older forms GOFF, GOUFF or GOWFF, the last of which gives the genuine old pronunciation)

golf; in the two former a See also:

• BISQUE (a French word of unknown origin, formerly spelt in English " bilk ")

bisque is one point to be taken at any See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time during a "set" at the choice of the See also:

• RECEIVER

receiver of the odds, while in croquet and golf it is one extra stroke to be taken similarly during a See also:

• GAME

game . The name is given, in See also:

• COOKERY (Lat. coquus, a cook)

cookery, to a thick soup, made particularly of See also:

• CRAYFISH (Fr. ecrevisse)

crayfish or lobsters .