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a.
Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards.
n.
A judge or umpire in games or combats.
v. t.
In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king.
n.
A man at draughts; a piece used in playing games at tables. See Table, n., 10.
v. t.
A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.
n.
In certain games at cards, as whist, a single card of any suit held at the deal by a player; as, to lead a singleton.
n.
A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by "jumping," as in draughts.
n.
A person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester.
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In some games, as whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, when there is a tie between the players; as, to play the rubber; also, a contest determined by the winning of two out of three games; as, to play a rubber of whist.
n.
The games of backgammon and of draughts.
n.
Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp. when money is staked.
n.
A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set, and decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See Deuce.
n.
One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played.
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A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games.
n.
That portion of a pack of cards not distributed to the players at the beginning of certain games, as gleek, etc., but which might be drawn from afterward as occasion required; a bank.
n. pl.
Festival games celebrated once in three years.
a.
Pertaining to, or in honor of, Cybele; as, the Megalesian games at Rome.
n.
The subterraneous portion of a building, as in amphitheaters, for the service of the games; also, subterranean galleries, as the catacombs.
n.
A counter used in card playing and other games.
superl.
In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed.
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