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gama grass ::: --> A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies, Mexico, and the Southern States of North America as a forage grass; -- called also sesame grass.
gaman 我慢. See AHAMKĀRA
gamashes ::: n. pl. --> High boots or buskins; in Scotland, short spatterdashes or riding trousers, worn over the other clothing.
gambadoes ::: n. --> Same as Gamashes.
gamba ::: n. --> A viola da gamba.
gambeson ::: n. --> Same as Gambison.
gambet ::: n. --> Any bird of the genuis Totanus. See Tattler.
gambhira. ::: deep; magnanimous; dignified; grand; imperious; grave
gambhirya ::: [depth; gravity, solemnity].
gambier ::: n. --> The inspissated juice of a plant (Uncaria Gambir) growing in Malacca. It is a powerful astringent, and, under the name of Terra Japonica, is used for chewing with the Areca nut, and is exported for tanning and dyeing.
Catechu.
gambison ::: n. --> A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted.
gambist ::: n. --> A performer upon the viola di gamba. See under Viola.
gambit ::: n. --> A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to gain an attacking position.
gamble ::: an act or undertaking of uncertain outcome; a risk.
gambled ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Gamble
gambler ::: n. --> One who gambles.
gambler's ruin: A number of related concepts and results in probability that is not in the gamblers' favour. Including how a player with a smaller stake goes bankrupt with a higher probability than a player with larger stake (i.e. a player against the house), even in the case of a fair game (which is often not the case); or that any player of finite wealth who only raises or maintain the same level of bets will ventually be bankrupt.
gamble ::: v. i. --> To play or game for money or other stake. ::: v. t. --> To lose or squander by gaming; -- usually with away.
gambling odds: A method of representing payoffs of an event where x:y means a bet of y would return a profit (not winnings) of x.
gambling ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Gamble
gamboge ::: n. --> A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in masses, or cylindrical rolls, from Cambodia, or Cambogia, -- whence its name. The best kind is of a dense, compact texture, and of a beatiful reddish yellow. Taking internally, it is a strong and harsh cathartic and emetic.
gambogian ::: a. --> Alt. of Gambogic
gambogic ::: a. --> Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, gamboge.
gamboled ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Gambol
gamboling ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Gambol
gambolled ::: --> of Gambol
gambolling ::: --> of Gambol
gambol ::: n. --> A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank. ::: v. i. --> To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs.
gambols ::: n. 1. Playful skipping or frolicking about. v. 2. Skipping about as in dancing or playing; frolicking. gambolled, gambolling.
gambrel ::: n. --> The hind leg of a horse.
A stick crooked like a horse&
gambroon ::: n. --> A kind of twilled linen cloth for lining.
gamecock ::: n. --> The male game fowl.
gamed ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Game
game fowl ::: --> A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great courage and pugnacity of the males.
gameful ::: a. --> Full of game or games.
gamekeeper ::: n. --> One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve.
gameless ::: a. --> Destitute of game.
gamely ::: adv. --> In a plucky manner; spiritedly.
game ::: n. --> Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.
To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative.
To play at any sport or diversion.
To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble.
gameness ::: n. --> Endurance; pluck.
games "games" "The time you enjoy wasting is not time wasted." -- {Bertrand Russell}. Here are some games-related pages on the {Web}: {Imperial Nomic (http://mit.edu:8001/people/achmed/fascist/)}, {Thoth's games and recreations page (http://cis.ufl.edu/~thoth/library/recreation.html)}, {Games Domain (http://wcl-rs.bham.ac.uk/GamesDomain)}, {Zarf's List of Games on the Web (http://leftfoot.com/games.html)}, {Dave's list of pointers to games resources (http://wcl-rs.bham.ac.uk/~djh/index.html)}, {Collaborative Fiction (http://asylum.cid.com/fiction/fiction.html)}. See also {3DO}, {ADL}, {ADVENT}, {ADVSYS}, {alpha/beta pruning}, {Amiga}, {CHIP-8}, {Core Wars}, {DROOL}, {empire}, {I see no X here.}, {Infocom}, {Inglish}, {initgame}, {life}, {minimax}, {moria}, {mudhead}, {multi-user Dimension}, {nethack}, {ogg}, {plugh}, {rogue}, {SPACEWAR}, {virtual reality}, {wizard mode}, {wumpus}, {xyzzy}, {ZIL}, {zorkmid}. See also {game theory}. (1996-03-03)
games ::: (games) The time you enjoy wasting is not time wasted. -- Bertrand Russell.Here are some games-related pages on the Web: , , , .See also 3DO, ADL, ADVENT, ADVSYS, alpha/beta pruning, Amiga, CHIP-8, Core Wars, DROOL, empire, I see no X here., Infocom, Inglish, initgame, life, minimax, moria, mudhead, multi-user Dimension, nethack, ogg, plugh, rogue, SPACEWAR, virtual reality, wizard mode, wumpus, xyzzy, ZIL, zorkmid.See also game theory. (1996-03-03)
gamesome ::: a. --> Gay; sportive; playful; frolicsome; merry.
gamester ::: n. --> A merry, frolicsome person.
A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games.
A prostitute; a strumpet.
game theory: In The mathematical study of mathematical objects called games which consists of a set of players, a set of actions available to players during specified stages of the game and specified method for determining the payoffs for the players.
game theory ::: The study of mathematical models of strategic interaction between rational decision-makers.[182]
game tree "games" A {tree} representing contingencies in a game. Each {node} in a game tree represents a possible position (e.g., possible configuration of pieces on a chessboard) in the game, and each branching ("edge" in graph terms) represents a possible move. (1998-11-14)
game tree ::: (games) A tree representing contingencies in a game. Each node in a game tree represents a possible position (e.g., possible configuration of pieces on a chessboard) in the game, and each branching (edge in graph terms) represents a possible move. (1998-11-14)
gamic ::: a. --> Pertaining to, or resulting from, sexual connection; formed by the union of the male and female elements.
gaming ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Game ::: n. --> The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling.
gamin ::: n. --> A neglected and untrained city boy; a young street Arab.
gamma correction ::: (hardware) Adjustments applied during the display of a digital representation of colour on a screen in order to compensate for the fact that power of some constant, called gamma. Its value varies from one display to another, but is usually around 2.5.Because it is more intuitive for the colour components (red, green and blue) to be varied linearly in the computer, the actual voltages sent to the monitor by the display hardware which simply scales the outputs of the display memory before sending them to the digital-to-analogue converters.More expensive graphics cards and workstations (particularly those used for CAD applications) will have a gamma correction facility.In combination with the white-point gamma correction is used to achieve precise colour matching. .[ (1999-02-01)
gamma correction "hardware" Adjustments applied during the display of a digital representation of colour on a screen in order to compensate for the fact that the {Cathode Ray Tubes} used in computer {monitors} (and televisions) produce a light intensity which is not proportional to the input {voltage}. The light intensity is actually proportional to the input voltage raised to the inverse power of some constant, called gamma. Its value varies from one display to another, but is usually around 2.5. Because it is more intuitive for the colour components (red, green and blue) to be varied linearly in the computer, the actual voltages sent to the monitor by the {display hardware} must be adjusted in order to make the colour component intensity on the screen proportional to the value stored in the computer's {display memory}. This process is most easily achieved by a dedicated module in the display hardware which simply scales the outputs of the {display memory} before sending them to the {digital-to-analogue converters}. More expensive {graphics cards} and {workstations} (particularly those used for {CAD} applications) will have a gamma correction facility. In combination with the "{white-point}" gamma correction is used to achieve precise colour matching. {Robert Berger's explanation of monitor gamma (http://cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/rwb/www/gamma.html)}. [{"Digital Imaging in C and the World Wide Web", W. David Schwaderer (http://itknowledge.com/)}]. (1999-02-01)
gammadion ::: n. --> A cross formed of four capital gammas, formerly used as a mysterious ornament on ecclesiastical vestments, etc. See Fylfot.
gamma distribution: A probability distribution for a continuous random variable with semi-infinite support with the probability density function defined by
gamma function: A function related to the factorial function defined by the integral
gamma ::: n. --> The third letter (/, / = Eng. G) of the Greek alphabet.
gamma (γ) motor neurons ::: Class of spinal motor neurons specifically concerned with the regulation of muscle spindle length; these neurons innervate the intrafusal muscle fibers of the spindle.
gammer ::: n. --> An old wife; an old woman; -- correlative of gaffer, an old man.
gammoned ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Gammon
gammoning ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Gammon ::: n. --> The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays.
The act of imposing upon or hoaxing a person.
gammon ::: n. --> The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch.
Backgammon.
An imposition or hoax; humbug. ::: v. t. --> To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.
gamogenesis ::: n. --> The production of offspring by the union of parents of different sexes; sexual reproduction; -- the opposite of agamogenesis.
gamogenetic ::: a. --> Relating to gamogenesis.
gamomorphism ::: n. --> That stage of growth or development in an organism, in which the reproductive elements are generated and matured in preparation for propagating the species.
gamopetalous ::: a. --> Having the petals united or joined so as to form a tube or cup; monopetalous.
gamophyllous ::: a. --> Composed of leaves united by their edges (coalescent).
gamosepalous ::: a. --> Formed of united sepals; monosepalous.
gamut ::: n. --> The scale.
gamut ::: The gamut of a monitor is the set of colours it can display. There are some colours which can't be made up of a mixture of red, green and blue phosphor emissions and so can't be displayed by any monitor.[Examples?] (1994-11-29)
gamut The gamut of a {monitor} is the set of colours it can display. There are some colours which can't be made up of a mixture of red, green and blue phosphor emissions and so can't be displayed by any monitor. [Examples?] (1994-11-29)
gamy ::: a. --> Having the flavor of game, esp. of game kept uncooked till near the condition of tainting; high-flavored.
Showing an unyielding spirit to the last; plucky; furnishing sport; as, a gamy trout.
Gamaliel as evil, “an adversary of the cherubim”
Gamaliel (Hebrew, “recompense of God”)—
Gamanakriya: Action of going.
Gambanteinn, Gammanten (Icelandic) [from gamban repay + teinn staff; or from Swedish gamman joy + ten staff] Used in the Icelandic Edda in Skirnismal to denote a magic rod with which the messenger of the god Frey, Skirner (radiance), sought to woo the giantess Gerd (a race of humanity) on the god’s behalf. The tale appears to relate an avataric descent to the human world.
Gambhira: Deep; magnanimous; dignified; grand; imperious; grave.
Gambhirya: Gravity of demeanour.
Gambiel—ruler of the zodiacal sign of Aquar¬
Gambit "language" A variant of {Scheme} R3.99 supporting the {future} construct of {Multilisp} by Marc Feeley "feeley@iro.umontreal.ca". Implementation includes optimising compilers for {Macintosh} (with Toolbox and built-in editor) and {Motorola} {680x0} {Unix} systems and {HP300}, {BBN} {GP100} and {NeXT}. Version 2.0 conforms to the {IEEE} {Scheme} standard. Gambit used {PVM} as its intermediate language. {(ftp://acorn.cs.brandeis.edu/dist)}, {(ftp://ftp.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/amiga/fish/f7/ff764/Gambit_Terp)}. {(ftp://ftp.iro.umontreal.ca/pub/parallele/gambit/)}. Mailing list: gambit@trex.umontreal.ca. (1998-02-10)
Gambit ::: (language) A variant of Scheme R3.99 supporting the future construct of Multilisp by Marc Feeleyfor Macintosh (with Toolbox and built-in editor) and Motorola 680x0 Unix systems and HP300, BBN GP100 and NeXT. Version 2.0 conforms to the IEEE Scheme standard.Gambit used PVM as its intermediate language. , . .Mailing list: (1998-02-10)
Gambriel—one of the guardian angels of the
Gamerin—in ceremonial magical rites, an angel
Game theory (or the theory, of games) - The theory that studies rational decision making in situations in which one must anticipate the reactions of one's competitors to the moves that one makes.
Gameway ceremonials: Magic hunting rites of the Navajo Indians.
Gamidoi—a “most holy angel” invoked in
Gamiel—supreme ruling angel of the 1st hour
GAMMA ::: (language) 1. A language for matrices and generation of mathematical programming reports.[GAMMA 3.3 for MPS/MPSX, IBM System:/360, Bonnor & Moore Assocs (Mar 1975)].2. A high-level parallel language.[Research Directions in High-Level Parallel Languages, LeMetayer ed, Springer 1992]. (1994-11-29)
GAMMA "language" 1. A language for matrices and generation of mathematical programming reports. ["GAMMA 3.3 for MPS/MPSX, IBM System:/360", Bonnor & Moore Assocs (Mar 1975)]. 2. A high-level parallel language. [Research Directions in High-Level Parallel Languages, LeMetayer ed, Springer 1992]. (1994-11-29)
Gamma Multihit Model ::: A generalization of the one-hit dose-response model which provides a better description of dose-response data.
Gamma Radiation ::: High-energy, short wavelength, electromagnetic radiation emitted from the nucleus. Gamma radiation frequently accompanies alpha and beta emissions and always accompanies fission. Gamma rays are very penetrating and are best stopped or shielded by dense materials, such as lead or depleted uranium. Gamma rays are similar to x-rays.
Gamma Third letter in the Greek alphabet. Its capital form often stands for Gaia, the goddess or divinity of earth, which in its cosmic aspect is the third stage of evolution. Alphabetically it corresponds to gimel, the third letter in the Hebrew alphabet; and in the English alphabet is replaced by the hard guttural, C.
Gampopa Sonam Rinchen. See SGAM PO PA BSOD NAMS RIN CHEN
Gampope choshi. See SGAM PO PA'I CHOS BZHI
Gamrial—one of the 64 angel wardens of the
GAMS {Guide to Available Mathematical Software}
Gamsiel—angel of the 8th hour c f the night,
Gamut: See: Notes of the gamut.
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(4) Not to mind at all if others are heated and dispute, but remain quiet and undisturbed and yourself speak only what can help things to be smooth agam.
agama ::: n. --> A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.
a game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify one of the other players. The game has been around for at least 2000 years and probably longer. It is known to have been played in Greece about the time of the Roman Conquest.
agamically ::: adv. --> In an agamic manner.
agamic ::: a. --> Produced without sexual union; as, agamic or unfertilized eggs.
Not having visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless plants; agamous.
agami ::: n. --> A South American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the gold-breasted trumpeter. Its body is about the size of the pheasant. See Trumpeter.
agamis ::: pl. --> of Agami
agamist ::: n. --> An unmarried person; also, one opposed to marriage.
agamogenesis ::: n. --> Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction.
agamogenetic ::: n. --> Reproducing or produced without sexual union.
agamous ::: a. --> Having no visible sexual organs; asexual.
cryptogamous.
acrogen ::: n. --> A plant of the highest class of cryptogams, including the ferns, etc. See Cryptogamia.
aetheogamous ::: a. --> Propagated in an unusual way; cryptogamous.
aftergame ::: n. --> A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient.
aftercast ::: n. --> A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late.
agonistics ::: n. --> The science of athletic combats, or contests in public games.
agonist ::: n. --> One who contends for the prize in public games.
agon ::: n. --> A contest for a prize at the public games.
agonothete ::: n. --> An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece.
alga ::: n. --> A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water confervae, etc.
allfours ::: --> A game at cards, called "High, Low, Jack, and the Game."
allogamous ::: a. --> Characterized by allogamy.
allogamy ::: n. --> Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; cross-fertilization.
alloy ::: v. t. --> Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam.
The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.
A baser metal mixed with a finer.
Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts
amalgama ::: n. --> Same as Amalgam.
amalgamated ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Amalgamate ::: a. --> Coalesced; united; combined.
amalgamate ::: v. t. --> To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.
To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with another. ::: v. i.
amalgamating ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Amalgamate
amalgamation ::: n. --> The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury.
The mixing or blending of different elements, races, societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or blending; a homogeneous union.
amalgamative ::: a. --> Characterized by amalgamation.
amalgamator ::: n. --> One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam.
amalgamize ::: v. t. --> To amalgamate.
amalgam ::: n. --> An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.
A mixture or compound of different things.
A native compound of mercury and silver. ::: v. t. / i. --> To amalgamate.
amphigamous ::: a. --> Having a structure entirely cellular, and no distinct sexual organs; -- a term applied by De Candolle to the lowest order of plants.
ante ::: n. --> Each player&
antherozooid ::: n. --> One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.
apogamic ::: a. --> Relating to apogamy.
apogamy ::: n. --> The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oospore.
apollinarian ::: a. --> In honor of Apollo; as, the Apollinarian games. ::: n. --> A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ.
archegonium ::: n. --> The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.
A rule-maker in a strange stumbling game.
asiarch ::: n. --> One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites.
aspic ::: n. --> The venomous asp.
A piece of ordnance carrying a 12 pound shot.
A European species of lavender (Lavandula spica), which produces a volatile oil. See Spike.
A savory meat jelly containing portions of fowl, game, fish, hard boiled eggs, etc.
athlete ::: n. --> One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome.
Any one trained to contend in exercises requiring great physical agility and strength; one who has great activity and strength; a champion.
One fitted for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of debate.
athletic ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as, athletic games or sports.
Befitting an athlete; strong; muscular; robust; vigorous; as, athletic Celts.
athleticism ::: n. --> The practice of engaging in athletic games; athletism.
athletics ::: n. --> The art of training by athletic exercises; the games and sports of athletes.
autogamous ::: a. --> Characterized by autogamy; self-fertilized.
autogamy ::: n. --> Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.
AVATARA ::: One in whom the Divine Consciousness has descended into human birth for a great world-work; the Incarnation; Spirit descending into man; Descent into form; the revelation of the Godhead in humanity; the Divine who has descended into the human consciousness; coming down of the Divine below the line which divides the divine from the human world or status.
An Avatar, roughly speaking, is one who is conscious of the presence and power of the Divine born in him or descended into him governing from within his will and life action; he feels identified inwardly with this divine power and presence.
He is a realiser, an establisher - not of outward things only, though he does realise something in the outward also, but of something essential and radical needed for the terrestrial evolution which is the evolution of the embodied spirit through successive stages towards the Divine.
There are two sides of the phenomenon of avatarhood, the Divine Consciousness and the instrumental personality in Nature under the conditions of Nature which it uses according to the rules of the game.
The Avatar takes upon himself the nature of humanity in his instrumental parts, though the consciousness acting behind is divine.
avoid ::: a. --> To empty.
To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.
To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.
To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.
To get rid of.
To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication,
baccarat ::: n. --> A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.
backgammon ::: n. --> A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables. ::: v. i. --> In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the
backsword ::: n. --> A sword with one sharp edge.
In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick.
badminton ::: n. --> A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks.
A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened.
bagatelle ::: n. --> A trifle; a thing of no importance.
A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player.
bag ::: n. --> A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.
A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents; the bag of a cow.
A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men&
ball ::: n. --> Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.
A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.
A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football.
Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a
band ::: v. t. --> A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter.
A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.
In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
That which serves as the means of union or connection
bandy ::: n. --> A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks.
A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.
The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball. ::: v. t.
banker ::: n. --> One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.
A money changer.
The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house.
A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
barde ::: n. --> A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse&
barleybreak ::: n. --> An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal.
baseball ::: n. --> A game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds ( four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to make after striking the ball.
The ball used in this game.
basset ::: n. --> A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice.
The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop. ::: a. --> Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata.
batting ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Bat ::: n. --> The act of one who bats; the management of a bat in playing games of ball.
Cotton in sheets, prepared for use in making quilts, etc.; as, cotton batting.
battue ::: v. t. --> The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game.
The game itself.
The wanton slaughter of game.
beagle ::: n. --> A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix.
Fig.: A spy or detective; a constable.
beast ::: n. --> Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc.
Any four-footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport; as, a beast of burden.
As opposed to man: Any irrational animal.
Fig.: A coarse, brutal, filthy, or degraded fellow.
A game at cards similar to loo.
A penalty at beast, omber, etc. Hence: To be beasted, to be
beater ::: n. --> One who, or that which, beats.
A person who beats up game for the hunters.
bergamot ::: n. --> A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit.
A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata).
The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
A variety of pear.
A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
bergomask ::: n. --> A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness.
bezique ::: n. --> A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points.
gama grass ::: --> A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies, Mexico, and the Southern States of North America as a forage grass; -- called also sesame grass.
gamashes ::: n. pl. --> High boots or buskins; in Scotland, short spatterdashes or riding trousers, worn over the other clothing.
gambadoes ::: n. --> Same as Gamashes.
gamba ::: n. --> A viola da gamba.
gambeson ::: n. --> Same as Gambison.
gambet ::: n. --> Any bird of the genuis Totanus. See Tattler.
gambier ::: n. --> The inspissated juice of a plant (Uncaria Gambir) growing in Malacca. It is a powerful astringent, and, under the name of Terra Japonica, is used for chewing with the Areca nut, and is exported for tanning and dyeing.
Catechu.
gambison ::: n. --> A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted.
gambist ::: n. --> A performer upon the viola di gamba. See under Viola.
gambit ::: n. --> A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to gain an attacking position.
gamble ::: an act or undertaking of uncertain outcome; a risk.
gambled ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Gamble
gambler ::: n. --> One who gambles.
gamble ::: v. i. --> To play or game for money or other stake. ::: v. t. --> To lose or squander by gaming; -- usually with away.
gambling ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Gamble
gamboge ::: n. --> A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in masses, or cylindrical rolls, from Cambodia, or Cambogia, -- whence its name. The best kind is of a dense, compact texture, and of a beatiful reddish yellow. Taking internally, it is a strong and harsh cathartic and emetic.
gambogian ::: a. --> Alt. of Gambogic
gambogic ::: a. --> Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, gamboge.
gamboled ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Gambol
gamboling ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Gambol
gambolled ::: --> of Gambol
gambolling ::: --> of Gambol
gambol ::: n. --> A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank. ::: v. i. --> To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs.
gambols ::: n. 1. Playful skipping or frolicking about. v. 2. Skipping about as in dancing or playing; frolicking. gambolled, gambolling.
gambrel ::: n. --> The hind leg of a horse.
A stick crooked like a horse&
gambroon ::: n. --> A kind of twilled linen cloth for lining.
gamecock ::: n. --> The male game fowl.
gamed ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Game
game fowl ::: --> A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great courage and pugnacity of the males.
gameful ::: a. --> Full of game or games.
gamekeeper ::: n. --> One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve.
gameless ::: a. --> Destitute of game.
gamely ::: adv. --> In a plucky manner; spiritedly.
game ::: n. --> Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.
To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative.
To play at any sport or diversion.
To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble.
gameness ::: n. --> Endurance; pluck.
gamesome ::: a. --> Gay; sportive; playful; frolicsome; merry.
gamester ::: n. --> A merry, frolicsome person.
A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games.
A prostitute; a strumpet.
gamic ::: a. --> Pertaining to, or resulting from, sexual connection; formed by the union of the male and female elements.
gaming ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Game ::: n. --> The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling.
gamin ::: n. --> A neglected and untrained city boy; a young street Arab.
gammadion ::: n. --> A cross formed of four capital gammas, formerly used as a mysterious ornament on ecclesiastical vestments, etc. See Fylfot.
gamma ::: n. --> The third letter (/, / = Eng. G) of the Greek alphabet.
gammer ::: n. --> An old wife; an old woman; -- correlative of gaffer, an old man.
gammoned ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Gammon
gammoning ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Gammon ::: n. --> The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays.
The act of imposing upon or hoaxing a person.
gammon ::: n. --> The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch.
Backgammon.
An imposition or hoax; humbug. ::: v. t. --> To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.
gamogenesis ::: n. --> The production of offspring by the union of parents of different sexes; sexual reproduction; -- the opposite of agamogenesis.
gamogenetic ::: a. --> Relating to gamogenesis.
gamomorphism ::: n. --> That stage of growth or development in an organism, in which the reproductive elements are generated and matured in preparation for propagating the species.
gamopetalous ::: a. --> Having the petals united or joined so as to form a tube or cup; monopetalous.
gamophyllous ::: a. --> Composed of leaves united by their edges (coalescent).
gamosepalous ::: a. --> Formed of united sepals; monosepalous.
gamut ::: n. --> The scale.
gamy ::: a. --> Having the flavor of game, esp. of game kept uncooked till near the condition of tainting; high-flavored.
Showing an unyielding spirit to the last; plucky; furnishing sport; as, a gamy trout.
bias ::: n. --> A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.
A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.
A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.
bigamist ::: n. --> One who is guilty of bigamy.
bigam ::: n. --> A bigamist.
bigamous ::: a. --> Guilty of bigamy; involving bigamy; as, a bigamous marriage.
bigamy ::: n. --> The offense of marrying one person when already legally married to another.
billiard ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to the game of billiards.
billiards ::: n. --> A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom upon) two other balls, or drive another ball into one of the pockets with which the table sometimes is furnished.
bird ::: n. --> Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves.
Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
Fig.: A girl; a maiden. ::: v. i.
bisque ::: n. --> Unglazed white porcelain.
A point taken by the receiver of odds in the game of tennis; also, an extra innings allowed to a weaker player in croquet.
A white soup made of crayfish.
bivalve ::: n. --> A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge, which is usually strengthened by prominences called teeth. The shell is closed by the contraction of two transverse muscles attached to the inner surface, as in the clam, -- or by one, as in the oyster. See Mollusca.
A pericarp in which the seed case opens or splits into two parts or valves.
blackleg ::: n. --> A notorious gambler.
A disease among calves and sheep, characterized by a settling of gelatinous matter in the legs, and sometimes in the neck.
bloodhound ::: n. --> A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff.
blowpoint ::: n. --> A child&
blunge ::: v. t. --> To amalgamate and blend; to beat up or mix in water, as clay.
board ::: a sheet of wood, cardboard, paper, or other material on which some games are played.
bonce ::: n. --> A boy&
bond ::: n. --> That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle.
The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint.
A binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting tie; as, the bonds of fellowship.
Moral or political duty or obligation.
A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his
boston ::: n. --> A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war.
bower ::: v. & n. --> One who bows or bends.
An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.
A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm. ::: n. --> One of the two highest cards in the pack commonly used in the game of euchre.
bowler ::: n. --> One who plays at bowls, or who rolls the ball in cricket or any other game.
bowling ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Bowl ::: n. --> The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins.
bowls ::: n. pl. --> See Bowl, a ball, a game.
brace ::: n. --> That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum.
The state of being braced or tight; tension.
A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as
bryophyta ::: n. pl. --> See Cryptogamia.
buckshot ::: n. --> A coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in hunting deer and large game.
bunko ::: n. --> A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lottery.
burgamot ::: n. --> See Bergamot.
bye ::: n. --> A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye, i. e., in passing; indirectly; by implication.
A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye.
A dwelling.
In certain games, a station or place of an individual player.
caber ::: n. --> A pole or beam used in Scottish games for tossing as a trial of strength.
camboge ::: n. --> See Gamboge.
cambrel ::: n. --> See Gambrel, n., 2.
camping ::: p. pr. & vb n. --> of Camp ::: n. --> Lodging in a camp.
A game of football.
capot ::: n. --> A winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet. It counts for forty points. ::: v. t. --> To win all the tricks from, in playing at piquet.
capper ::: n. --> One whose business is to make or sell caps.
A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers [Slang, U. S.].
An instrument for applying a percussion cap to a gun or cartridge.
caprine ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to a goat; as, caprine gambols.
card ::: n. --> A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game played with cards.
A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like; as, to put a card in the newspapers. Also, a printed programme, and (fig.), an attraction or inducement; as, this will be a good card for the last day of the fair.
A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the
carrow ::: n. --> A strolling gamester.
casino ::: n. --> A small country house.
A building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, for dancing, gaming, etc.
A game at cards. See Cassino.
cassino ::: n. --> A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually for twenty-one points.
castle ::: n. --> A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress.
Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.
A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant&
catechu ::: n. --> A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in India. It contains a large portion of tannin or tannic acid, and is used in medicine and in the arts. It is also known by the names terra japonica, cutch, gambier, etc.
catstick ::: n. --> A stick or club employed in the game of ball called cat or tipcat.
cenogamy ::: n. --> The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members, as in certain societies practicing communism.
cent ::: n. --> A hundred; as, ten per cent, the proportion of ten parts in a hundred.
A United States coin, the hundredth part of a dollar, formerly made of copper, now of copper, tin, and zinc.
An old game at cards, supposed to be like piquet; -- so called because 100 points won the game.
challenge ::: n. --> An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign.
A claim or demand.
The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.
chambrel ::: n. --> Same as Gambrel.
chappion ::: n. --> One who engages in any contest; esp. one who in ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of another&
charade ::: a game in which each syllable of a word, and then the whole word, is acted and the audience has to guess the word.
chase ::: v. t. --> To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.
To follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on; to drive by following; to cause to fly; -- often with away or off; as, to chase the hens away.
To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game.
To ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the like.
checkers ::: v. --> A game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them.
checker ::: v. t. --> One who checks.
A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.
A pattern in checks; a single check.
Checkerwork. ::: n. --> To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by
checkmate ::: n. --> The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.
A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow. ::: v. t. --> To check (an adversary&
chessboard ::: n. --> The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows of alternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. See Checkerboard.
chessman ::: n. --> A piece used in the game of chess.
chess ::: n. --> A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns.
A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for
chess-play ::: the game of chess; a board game for two players, each beginning with 16 pieces of six kinds that are moved according to individual rules, with the objective of checkmating the opposing king. chess-player.
chief hare ::: --> A small rodent (Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare.
chip ::: v. t. --> To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.
To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.
To bet, as with chips in the game of poker. ::: v. i.
circus ::: n. --> A level oblong space surrounded on three sides by seats of wood, earth, or stone, rising in tiers one above another, and divided lengthwise through the middle by a barrier around which the track or course was laid out. It was used for chariot races, games, and public shows.
A circular inclosure for the exhibition of feats of horsemanship, acrobatic displays, etc. Also, the company of performers, with their equipage.
clash ::: n. 1. A loud, harsh noise, such as that made by two metal objects in collision. 2. An encounter between hostile forces; a battle or skirmish. 3. A conflict, as between opposing or irreconcilable ideas. v. 4. To engage in a physical conflict or contest, as in a game or a battle (often followed by with). 5. To come into conflict; be in opposition. clashes, clashed, clashing.
cleistogamic ::: a. --> Alt. of Cleistogamous
cleistogamous ::: a. --> Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of plants which possess flowers of two or more kinds, the closed ones being so constituted as to insure self-fertilization.
closh ::: n. --> A disease in the feet of cattle; laminitis.
The game of ninepins.
clumps ::: n. --> A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions; -- so called because the players take sides in two "clumps" or groups, the "clump" which guesses the word winning the game.
cobnut ::: n. --> A large roundish variety of the cultivated hazelnut.
A game played by children with nuts.
cockal ::: n. --> A game played with sheep&
cockfighting ::: n. --> The act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight. ::: a. --> Addicted to cockfighting.
cockfight ::: n. --> A match or contest of gamecocks.
cockmaster ::: n. --> One who breeds gamecocks.
cockshy ::: n. --> A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in "shying" or throwing cudgels at live cocks.
An object at which stones are flung.
codille ::: n. --> A term at omber, signifying that the game is won.
coenogamy ::: n. --> The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive tribes or communistic societies.
commerce ::: n. --> The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.
Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.
Sexual intercourse.
A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.
correi ::: n. --> A hollow in the side of a hill, where game usually lies.
cotyloid ::: a. --> Shaped like a cup; as, the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thigh bone.
Pertaining to a cotyloid cavity; as, the cotyloid ligament, or notch.
counters ::: anything used in keeping account, as a disk of metal or wood, used in some games, as checkers, for marking a player"s position or for keeping score.
coursing ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Course ::: n. --> The pursuit or running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent.
cover-point ::: n. --> The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
covey ::: n. --> A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together; -- said of game; as, a covey of partridges.
A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls.
A pantry. ::: v. i.
crambo ::: a. --> A game in which one person gives a word, to which another finds a rhyme.
A word rhyming with another word.
craps ::: n. --> A gambling game with dice.
cribbage ::: v. t. --> A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in which there is a crib. (See Crib, 11.) It is characterized by a great variety of chances.
cricket ::: n. --> An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.
A low stool.
A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides.
A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof,
crisscross ::: n. --> A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write.
A child&
croquet ::: n. --> An open-air game in which two or more players endeavor to drive wooden balls, by means of mallets, through a series of hoops or arches set in the ground according to some pattern.
The act of croqueting. ::: v. t. --> In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent&
cross-purpose ::: n. --> A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory.
A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas.
croupier ::: n. --> One who presides at a gaming table and collects the stakes.
One who, at a public dinner party, sits at the lower end of the table as assistant chairman.
crucial ::: a. --> Having the form of a cross; appertaining to a cross; cruciform; intersecting; as, crucial ligaments; a crucial incision.
Severe; trying or searching, as if bringing to the cross; decisive; as, a crucial test.
cryptogamiae ::: pl. --> of Cryptogamia
cryptogamian ::: a. --> Alt. of Cryptogamous
cryptogamia ::: n. --> The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of various kinds.
cryptogamic ::: a. --> Alt. of Cryptogamous
cryptogamist ::: n. --> One skilled in cryptogamic botany.
cryptogam ::: n. --> A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia.
cryptogamous ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to the series Cryptogamia, or to plants of that series.
curb roof ::: --> A roof having a double slope, or composed, on each side, of two parts which have unequal inclination; a gambrel roof.
curler ::: n. --> One who, or that which, curls.
A player at the game called curling.
curling ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Curl ::: n. --> The act or state of that which curls; as, the curling of smoke when it rises; the curling of a ringlet; also, the act or process of one who curls something, as hair, or the brim of hats.
A scottish game in which heavy weights of stone or iron
dam ::: n. --> A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother.
A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts.
A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water.
A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
dart ::: n. 1. A small, slender missile that is pointed at one end and usually feathered at the other and is propelled by hand, as in the game of darts, or by a blowgun when used as a weapon. 2. Something similar in function to such a missile, as the stinging member of an insect. *v. 2. To thrust or move suddenly or rapidly.* darts.
decennial ::: a. --> Consisting of ten years; happening every ten years; as, a decennial period; decennial games. ::: n. --> A tenth year or tenth anniversary.
desmoid ::: a. --> Resembling, or having the characteristics of, a ligament; ligamentous.
desmology ::: n. --> The science which treats of the ligaments.
deuce ::: n. --> Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts.
A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned "40 all"), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game.
The devil; a demon.
deuterogamist ::: n. --> One who marries the second time.
deuterogamy ::: n. --> A second marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. See Bigamy.
digamist ::: n. --> One who marries a second time; a deuterogamist.
digamma ::: n. --> A letter (/, /) of the Greek alphabet, which early fell into disuse.
digammate ::: a. --> Alt. of Digammated
digammated ::: a. --> Having the digamma or its representative letter or sound; as, the Latin word vis is a digammated form of the Greek /.
digamous ::: a. --> Pertaining to a second marriage, that is, one after the death of the first wife or the first husband.
digamy ::: n. --> Act, or state, of being twice married; deuterogamy.
dibstone ::: n. --> A pebble used in a child&
dib ::: v. i. --> To dip. ::: n. --> One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints.
A child&
dicebox ::: n. --> A box from which dice are thrown in gaming.
dice ::: n. --> Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also, the game played with dice. See Die, n. ::: v. i. --> To play games with dice.
To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.
dicer ::: n. --> A player at dice; a dice player; a gamester.
dice ::: small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers.
dichogamous ::: a. --> Manifesting dichogamy.
dichogamy ::: n. --> The condition of certain species of plants, in which the stamens and pistil do not mature simultaneously, so that these plants can never fertilize themselves.
dicing ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Dice ::: n. --> An ornamenting in squares or cubes.
Gambling with dice.
djerrid ::: n. --> A blunt javelin used in military games in Moslem countries.
A game played with it.
dobson ::: n. --> The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite.
doddart ::: n. --> A game much like hockey, played in an open field; also, the, bent stick for playing the game.
draughtsman ::: n. --> One who draws pleadings or other writings.
One who draws plans and sketches of machinery, structures, and places; also, more generally, one who makes drawings of any kind.
A "man" or piece used in the game of draughts.
One who drinks drams; a tippler.
draughts ::: n. pl. --> A mild vesicatory. See Draught, n., 3 (c).
A game, now more commonly called checkers. See Checkers.
drawgloves ::: n. pl. --> An old game, played by holding up the fingers.
dropper ::: n. --> One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
A dropping tube.
A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an occasional, habit of the setter.
dryfoot ::: n. --> The scent of the game, as far as it can be traced.
dust-point ::: n. --> An old rural game.
ecarte ::: n. --> A game at cards, played usually by two persons, in which the players may discard any or all of the cards dealt and receive others from the pack.
endogamous ::: a. --> Marrying within the same tribe; -- opposed to exogamous.
endogamy ::: n. --> Marriage only within the tribe; a custom restricting a man in his choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; -- opposed to exogamy.
equestrian ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to horses or horsemen, or to horsemanship; as, equestrian feats, or games.
Being or riding on horseback; mounted; as, an equestrian statue.
Belonging to, or composed of, the ancient Roman equities or knights; as, the equestrian order. ::: n.
equisetum ::: n. --> A genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; -- also called horsetails.
escapade ::: n. --> The fling of a horse, or ordinary kicking back of his heels; a gambol.
Act by which one breaks loose from the rules of propriety or good sense; a freak; a prank.
euchre ::: n. --> A game at cards, that may be played by two, three, or four persons, the highest card (except when an extra card called the Joker is used) being the knave of the same suit as the trump, and called right bower, the lowest card used being the seven, or frequently, in two-handed euchre, the nine spot. See Bower. ::: v. t.
exogamous ::: a. --> Relating to exogamy; marrying outside of the limits of one&
exogamy ::: n. --> The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposed to endogamy.
extracapsular ::: a. --> Situated outside of a capsule, esp. outside the capsular ligament of a joint.
eysell ::: n. --> Same as Eisel. F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma /, which probably had the value of English w consonant. The form and value of Greek letter came from the Phoenician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian. Etymologically f is most closely related to p, k, v, and b; as in E. five, Gr. pe`nte; E. wolf, L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos; E. fox, vixen ; fragile, break; fruit,
faction ::: n. --> One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games of the circus.
A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a majority; a combination or clique of partisans of any kind, acting for their own interests, especially if greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the common good.
Tumult; discord; dissension.
falconer ::: n. --> A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or game; one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.
falcon ::: n. --> One of a family (Falconidae) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight.
Any species of the genus Falco, distinguished by having a toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game.
An ancient form of cannon.
falconry ::: n. --> The art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or game.
The sport of taking wild fowl or game by means of falcons or hawks.
faro ::: n. --> A gambling game at cardds, in whiich all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack.
fish ::: n. --> A counter, used in various games.
A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water.
An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See Pisces.
The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
The flesh of fish, used as food.
fives ::: n. pl. --> A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis; -- so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game. ::: n. --> A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives.
flapdragon ::: n. --> A game in which the players catch raisins out burning brandy, and swallow them blazing.
The thing thus caught and eaten. ::: v. t. --> To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour.
floral ::: a. --> Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; made of flowers; as, floral games, wreaths.
Containing, or belonging to, a flower; as, a floral bud; a floral leaf; floral characters.
flosculous ::: a. --> Consisting of many gamopetalous florets.
floured ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Flour ::: p. a. --> Finely granulated; -- said of quicksilver which has been granulated by agitation during the amalgamation process.
foiling ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Foil ::: n. --> A foil.
The track of game (as deer) in the grass.
foliation ::: n. --> The process of forming into a leaf or leaves.
The manner in which the young leaves are dispo/ed within the bud.
The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina.
The act of coating with an amalgam of tin foil and quicksilver, as in making looking-glasses.
The enrichment of an opening by means of foils, arranged
fondon ::: n. --> A large copper vessel used for hot amalgamation.
football ::: n. --> An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather.
The game of kicking the football by opposing parties of players between goals.
foregame ::: n. --> A first game; first plan.
forester ::: n. --> One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.
An inhabitant of a forest.
A forest tree.
A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester (A. octomaculata), which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine.
forest ::: n. --> An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated.
A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own.
forfeit ::: n. --> Injury; wrong; mischief.
A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life.
Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; -- whence the game of forfeits.
fourhanded ::: a. --> Having four hands; quadrumanous.
Requiring four "hands" or players; as, a fourhanded game at cards.
fowl ::: n. --> Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.
Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus domesticus). ::: v. i. --> To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by
free-milling ::: a. --> Yielding free gold or silver; -- said of certain ores which can be reduced by crushing and amalgamation, without roasting or other chemical treatment.
frisk ::: a. --> Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky.
A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap. ::: v. i. --> To leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in fronc and gayety.
fumette ::: n. --> The stench or high flavor of game or other meat when kept long.
funicular ::: a. --> Consisting of a small cord or fiber.
Dependent on the tension of a cord.
Pertaining to a funiculus; made up of, or resembling, a funiculus, or funiculi; as, a funicular ligament.
fyllot ::: n. --> A rebated cross, formerly used as a secret emblem, and a common ornament. It is also called gammadion, and swastika.
gable ::: n. --> A cable.
The vertical triangular portion of the end of a building, from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of the roof. Also, a similar end when not triangular in shape, as of a gambrel roof and the like.
The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side.
A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable,
gablock ::: n. --> A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock.
gadwall ::: n. --> A large duck (Anas strepera), valued as a game bird, found in the northern parts of Europe and America; -- called also gray duck.
gaffle ::: n. --> An artificial spur or gaff for gamecocks.
A lever to bend crossbows.
gastrophrenic ::: a. --> Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm; as, the gastrophrenic ligament.
gastrosplenic ::: n. --> Pertaining to the stomach and spleen; as, the gastrosplenic ligament.
geitonogamy ::: n. --> Fertilization of flowers by pollen from other flowers on the same plant.
gelatine ::: n. --> Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a nitrogeneous colloid, not existing as such in the animal body, but formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on the collagen of various kinds of connective tissue (as tendons, bones, ligaments, etc.). Its distinguishing character is that of dissolving in hot water, and forming a jelly on cooling. It is an important ingredient of calf&
gibbier ::: n. --> Wild fowl; game.
gin ::: a snare or trap for game.
gleek ::: n. --> A jest or scoff; a trick or deception.
An enticing look or glance.
A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons.
Three of the same cards held in the same hand; -- hence, three of anything. ::: v. i.
goal ::: n. --> The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race or a journey is to end.
The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain.
A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal
godwit ::: n. --> One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringidae. The European black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), the American marbled godwit (L. fedoa), the Hudsonian godwit (L. haemastica), and others, are valued as game birds. Called also godwin.
goff ::: n. --> A silly clown.
A game. See Golf.
golf ::: n. --> A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner.
gord ::: n. --> An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice.
gout ::: n. --> A drop; a clot or coagulation.
A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc.
grayling ::: a. --> A European fish (Thymallus vulgaris), allied to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; -- called also umber. It inhabits cold mountain streams, and is valued as a game fish.
An American fish of the genus Thymallus, having similar habits to the above; one species (T. Ontariensis), inhabits several streams in Michigan; another (T. montanus), is found in the Yellowstone region.
gunning ::: n. --> The act or practice of hunting or shooting game with a gun.
gymnastical ::: a. --> Pertaining to athletic exercises intended for health, defense, or diversion; -- said of games or exercises, as running, leaping, wrestling, throwing the discus, the javelin, etc.; also, pertaining to disciplinary exercises for the intellect; athletic; as, gymnastic exercises, contests, etc.
hazarder ::: n. --> A player at the game of hazard; a gamester.
One who hazards or ventures.
hazard ::: n. --> A game of chance played with dice.
The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty.
Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player&
hazardry ::: n. --> Playing at hazard; gaming; gambling.
Rashness; temerity.
hellanodic ::: n. --> A judge or umpire in games or combats.
hellgamite ::: n. --> Alt. of Hellgramite
hell ::: v. t. --> The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades.
The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death; the abode of evil spirits. Hence, any mental torment; anguish.
A place where outcast persons or things are gathered
A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.
A gambling house.
hemigamous ::: a. --> Having one of the two florets in the same spikelet neuter, and the other unisexual, whether male or female; -- said of grasses.
hepatica ::: n. --> A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.
Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement.
hepatorenal ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to the liver and kidneys; as, the hepatorenal ligament.
hercogamous ::: a. --> Not capable of self-fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.
hetero- ::: --> A combining form signifying other, other than usual, different; as, heteroclite, heterodox, heterogamous.
heterogamous ::: a. --> The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers which differ in regard to stamens and pistils, as in the aster.
Characterized by heterogamy.
heterogamy ::: n. --> The process of fertilization in plants by an indirect or circuitous method; -- opposed to orthogamy.
That form of alternate generation in which two kinds of sexual generation, or a sexual and a parthenogenetic generation, alternate; -- in distinction from metagenesis, where sexual and asexual generations alternate.
heterogenesis ::: n. --> Spontaneous generation, so called.
That method of reproduction in which the successive generations differ from each other, the parent organism producing offspring different in habit and structure from itself, the original form, however, reappearing after one or more generations; -- opposed to homogenesis, or gamogenesis.
hide-and-seek ::: a children"s game in which one player tries to find and catch others who are hiding.
hockey ::: n. --> A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals.
The stick used by the players.
homogamous ::: a. --> Having all the flowers alike; -- said of such composite plants as Eupatorium, and the thistels.
homogamy ::: n. --> The condition of being homogamous.
homogenesis ::: n. --> That method of reproduction in which the successive generations are alike, the offspring, either animal or plant, running through the same cycle of existence as the parent; gamogenesis; -- opposed to heterogenesis.
hoodman ::: n. --> The person blindfolded in the game called hoodman-blind.
hopper ::: n. --> One who, or that which, hops.
A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a machine; as, the wooden box with its trough through which grain passes into a mill by joining or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel passes into a furnace, or coal, etc., into a car.
See Grasshopper, 2.
A game. See Hopscotch.
hopscotch ::: n. --> A child&
hound ::: n. --> A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc.
A despicable person.
A houndfish.
Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.
hunter ::: n. --> One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.
A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog.
A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter.
hunting ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Hunt ::: n. --> The pursuit of game or of wild animals.
hunt ::: v. t. --> To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer.
To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; -- often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence.
To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.
hurling ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Hurl ::: n. --> The act of throwing with force.
A kind of game at ball, formerly played.
hypoderma ::: n. --> A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, and performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma.
An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates.
hypogeum ::: n. --> The subterraneous portion of a building, as in amphitheaters, for the service of the games; also, subterranean galleries, as the catacombs.
iliofemoral ::: a. --> Pertaining to the ilium and femur; as, iliofemoral ligaments.
in-and-in ::: n. --> An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, either two doubles, or the four dice alike.
infatuate ::: a. --> Infatuated. ::: v. t. --> To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment.
To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion; as, to be infatuated with gaming.
inguinal ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the inguen or groin; as, an inguinal canal or ligament; inguinal hernia.
INTEGRATION. ::: Everybody is an amalgamation not of two, but of many personalities. It is part of the yogic perfection in this yoga to accord and transmute them so as to ' integrate ’ the penonality.
interarticular ::: a. --> Situated between joints or articulations; as, interarticular cartilages and ligaments.
intercarpal ::: a. --> Between the carpal bone; as, intercarpal articulations, ligaments.
intercollegiate ::: a. --> Existing or carried on between colleges or universities; as, intercollegiate relations, rivalry, games, etc.
intercolumnar ::: a. --> Between columns or pillars; as, the intercolumnar fibers of Poupart&
interhyal ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to a segment sometimes present at the proximal end of the hyoidean arch. ::: n. --> An interhyal ligament or cartilage.
interosseous ::: a. --> Situated between bones; as, an interosseous ligament.
intersesamoid ::: a. --> Between sesamoid bones; as, intersesamoid ligaments.
ischiocapsular ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to the ischium and the capsule of the hip joint; as, the ischiocapsular ligament.
jackal ::: n. --> Any one of several species of carnivorous animals inhabiting Africa and Asia, related to the dog and wolf. They are cowardly, nocturnal, and gregarious. They feed largely on carrion, and are noted for their piercing and dismal howling.
One who does mean work for another&
jackstone ::: n. --> One of the pebbles or pieces used in the game of jackstones.
A game played with five small stones or pieces of metal. See 6th Chuck.
jackstraw ::: n. --> An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence.
One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child&
javelin ::: n. --> A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand; anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other fierce game. ::: v. t. --> To pierce with a javelin.
Jhumur: “The spirit that has taken birth sometimes does not reach the goal. There is a kind of a witness consciousness that puts a cross against it and you go back to the beginning all over again. It’s like the game snakes and ladders that we used to play as children. You have to go back to the first square and start all over again. You almost reach the goal and then you fall back and have to start all over again.”
kayles ::: n. pl. --> A game; ninepins.
keno ::: n. --> A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered.
kriegsspiel ::: n. --> A game of war, played for practice, on maps.
lacquer ::: n. --> A varnish, consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-mache, and wood. The name is also given to varnishes made of other ingredients, esp. the tough, solid varnish of the Japanese, with which ornamental objects are made. ::: v. t.
lacrosse ::: n. --> A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a "crosse". The ball is not handled but caught with the crosse and carried on it, or tossed from it, the object being to carry it or throw it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the field.
langteraloo ::: n. --> An old game at cards. See Loo (a).
lansquenet ::: n. --> A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and 16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in France and Western Europe.
A game at cards, vulgarly called lambskinnet.
ligamental ::: a. --> Alt. of Ligamentous
ligament ::: n. --> Anything that ties or unites one thing or part to another; a bandage; a bond.
A tough band or plate of dense, fibrous, connective tissue or fibrocartilage serving to unite bones or form joints.
A band of connective tissue, or a membranous fold, which supports or retains an organ in place; as, the gastrophrenic ligament, connecting the diaphragm and stomach.
ligamentous ::: a. --> Composing a ligament; of the nature of a ligament; binding; as, a strong ligamentous membrane.
ligaments ::: fig. A unifying or connecting tie or bond.
lingam ::: n. --> The phallic symbol under which Siva is principally worshiped in his character of the creative and reproductive power.
linga ::: n. --> Alt. of Lingam
lodge ::: n. --> A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian&
loggat ::: n. --> A small log or piece of wood.
An old game in England, played by throwing pieces of wood at a stake set in the ground.
logomachy ::: n. --> Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words.
A game of word making.
loo ::: n. --> An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the highest card is the knave of clubs or (if so agreed upon) the knave of trumps; -- formerly called lanterloo.
A modification of the game of "all fours" in which the players replenish their hands after each round by drawing each a card from the pack.
lose ::: v. t. --> To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one&
loss ::: v. t. --> The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.
The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect, misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing.
That which is lost or from which one has parted; waste; -- opposed to gain or increase; as, the loss of liquor by leakage was considerable.
lottery ::: n. --> A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance.
Allotment; thing allotted.
lotto ::: n. --> A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer. A variety of lotto is called keno.
luckless ::: a. --> Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a luckless maid.
lurcher ::: n. --> One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher.
One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers.
A glutton; a gormandizer.
lycopodiaceous ::: a. --> Belonging, or relating, to the Lycopodiaceae, an order of cryptogamous plants (called also club mosses) with branching stems, and small, crowded, one-nerved, and usually pointed leaves.
macco ::: n. --> A gambling game in vogue in the eighteenth century.
maidmarian ::: n. --> The lady of the May games; one of the characters in a morris dance; a May queen. Afterward, a grotesque character personated in sports and buffoonery by a man in woman&
main ::: n. --> A hand or match at dice.
A stake played for at dice.
The largest throw in a match at dice; a throw at dice within given limits, as in the game of hazard.
A match at cockfighting.
A main-hamper. ::: v.
make-game ::: n. --> An object of ridicule; a butt.
mall ::: n. --> A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul.
A heavy blow.
An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall.
A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk.
Formerly, among Teutonic nations, a meeting of the notables
manovery ::: n. --> A contrivance or maneuvering to catch game illegally.
marker ::: n. --> One who or that which marks.
One who keeps account of a game played, as of billiards.
A counter used in card playing and other games.
The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column, or marks the direction of an alignment.
An attachment to a sewing machine for marking a line on the fabric by creasing it.
matador ::: n. --> The killer; the man appointed to kill the bull in bullfights.
In the game of quadrille or omber, the three principal trumps, the ace of spades being the first, the ace of clubs the third, and the second being the deuce of a black trump or the seven of a red one.
matrimony ::: n. --> The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock.
A kind of game at cards played by several persons.
maw ::: n. --> A gull.
A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt.
Appetite; inclination.
An old game at cards.
megameter ::: n. --> An instrument for determining longitude by observation of the stars.
A micrometer.
Alt. of Megametre
megametre ::: n. --> In the metric system, one million meters, or one thousand kilometers.
megampere ::: n. --> A million amperes.
megalesian ::: a. --> Pertaining to, or in honor of, Cybele; as, the Megalesian games at Rome.
megalo- ::: --> Combining forms signifying: (a) Great, extended, powerful; as, megascope, megacosm.
A million times, a million of; as, megameter, a million meters; megafarad, a million farads; megohm, a million ohms.
See Meg-.
metagenesis ::: n. --> The change of form which one animal species undergoes in a series of successively produced individuals, extending from the one developed from the ovum to the final perfected individual. Hence, metagenesis involves the production of sexual individuals by nonsexual means, either directly or through intervening sexless generations. Opposed to monogenesis. See Alternate generation, under Generation.
Alternation of sexual and asexual or gemmiparous generations; -- in distinction from heterogamy.
miscegenation ::: n. --> A mixing of races; amalgamation, as by intermarriage of black and white.
misogamist ::: n. --> A hater of marriage.
misogamy ::: n. --> Hatre/ of marriage.
miss ::: n. --> A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.
A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of sixteen.
A kept mistress. See Mistress, 4.
In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.
The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc.