winning hazard
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B.—A three stroke is made by pocketing the red ball—i.e., a red winning hazard; or by pocketing the striker's ball off the red—i.e., a red losing hazard.
From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis
For each winning hazard the striker receives a life; for each losing hazard he pays a life; and the taker of the three lives wins the game.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
The various strokes are as under: 1.—A winning hazard is made by the player causing his own ball to hit an object ball and forcing the latter into a pocket.
From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis
It is evident that after playing a winning hazard the position of the object ball is known—viz., as a rule, on the spot.
From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis
But the hazard has been made, the enfranchisement is complete, and it is a winning hazard.
From The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe by Cramb, J. A. (John Adam)
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