(noun) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
"We all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them."
"I'd be lying if I said I am not missing you."
"What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on."
"Man has much power of discourse which for the most part is vain and false; animals have but little, but it is useful and true, and a small truth is better than a great lie."