Finesse

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem. This is the artificialest piece of finesse to persuade men into slavery. Milton.

2. The act of finessing. See Finesse, v. i., 2.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To use artifice or stratagem. Goldsmith.

2. To attempt, when second or third player, to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play.