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the Canadian Branch above referred 1 Secretary, Francis Dykes, Hoboken, New York. 2. Secretary, J. P. Robertson, 208 Edmonton Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba. pher North, matches between members of the same society, or between a limited number of adversaries. Borrow. The width of ice to be allowed for bias if a stone played without the twist is to find the mark.
Break an egg on. -To touch another stone gently.
Brittle shot. An angular cannoning shot.
Broom cowe. - [See COWE.] Broughs.-Circles drawn around the tee to assist the players in deciding what stone is nearest. Outside of the circle of 7-ft. radius no stone can count.
Bullet shot. - A stone played hard and straight in order to drive another from its position.
Cannoning in the technical curling sense is the driving of one of the guards (q.v.) upon the winner (q.v.) with such a velocity, and at such an angle that both go off the tee, whilst the player's stone, following on, takes the place the winner has left.
Channel stone. The old term for the stones used in curling, given to them because boulders found in the bed of streams were usually employed for the purpose. Chap and lie. To drive a stone placed on the tee outside of the 7-ft. circle, but to remain within it oneself, and if possible within the 4-ft. circle. [See DIAGRAM OF RINK.]