Disengage – Draw
Disengage
To quit that side of the opponent's blade on which one is opposed by his guard, in order to effect an attack where there may be an opportunity.
Distance.-[See MEASURE.]
Desecho
Inferior, discarded.
Diestro
An expert, a professional.
Divisa
Rosette sometimes placed on the bull.
Embolado.- Bulls' horns thus described when points are covered.
Daisy-cutter
The same as "sneak" or "grub." A ball pitched close to the bowler's foot, which runs along the ground without bounding.
Dead
The ball is "dead" when it is out of play. [See LAWS 13, 34, 35, 41, 50.]
Declare
To close an innings. [See LAW 54.] Delivery.-(i.) The method and action of the bowler.
Double wicket. -The game as usually played.
Draw.-(i.) To remove the stumps. (ii.) To leave the game undecided. (iii.) An undecided, or "drawn" game. (iv.) An extinct stroke on the leg-side (see p. 457).
Drive
(i.) A hard hit in front of the batsman (see p. 454). (ii.) To make such a hit. (iii.) A bat "drives" when the ball flies easily off its face, without jarring the hands.
Ducks-egg.-An individual innings of o.
Dead Ball
(1) A ball that has gone through all the hoops in their proper order and hit the stick. (2) The ball of the last player, which has to wait longest for its turn to come again.
Dead Boundary Law
-In 1872 the Conference Code made a rule for match play, which has been generally adopted, that if a player in croqueting the balls sent either of them over the boundary, he should at once lose the remainder of his turn.
Dam
A sheet of water confined for curling purposes.
Doupar.-[See SKIP.]
Draw
To play a stone up gently.