The type called English.
4. (Billiards) A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball.
The King's, or Queen's, English. See under King.
Eng"lish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Englished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Englishing.] 1. To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain.
Those gracious acts . . . may be Englished more properly, acts of fear and dissimulation.
Milton.
Caxton does not care to alter the French forms and words in the book which he was Englishing.
T. L. K. Oliphant.
2. (Billiards) To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion. [U.S.]
Eng"lish*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being translated into, or expressed in, English.
Eng"lish*ism (?), n. 1. A quality or characteristic peculiar to the English. M. Arnold.
2. A form of expression peculiar to the English language as spoken in England; an Anglicism.
Eng"lish*man (-man), n.; pl. Englishmen (-men). A native or a naturalized inhabitant of England.
Eng"lish*ry (?), n. 1. The state or privilege of being an Englishman. [Obs.] Cowell.
2. A body of English or people of English descent; -- commonly applied to English people in Ireland.
A general massacre of the Englishry.
Macaulay.
Eng"lish*wom`an (?), n.; pl. Englishwomen (&?;). Fem. of Englishman. Shak.