Obs. rare. [Origin uncertain.] A billiard-cue: see quot.
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, III. 262/1. On each side [the billiard table] standeth a Man with a Tack in his hand, to push the Ball into an Hassard, or Hole. Ibid., xvi. (Roxb.), 69/1. In the base of this quarter, is the figure of the Tack or a Stick used at the Billiard table for the strikeing of an Ivory ball.
