'Finessing' definitions:
Definition of 'Finessing'
From: GCIDE
- Finesse \Fi*nesse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Finessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Finessing.]
- 1. To use artifice or stratagem. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]