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Props

A game of chance, in which four sea shells, each called a prop, are used instead of dice.

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Deference 76% connected

A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance.

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Respect 76% connected

To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed.

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Adventure noun · 78% connection

That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.

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Aftercast noun · 78% connection

A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late.

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Antonomasia noun · 78% connection

The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majest…

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Backgammon noun · 78% connection

A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fif…

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Cast noun · 78% connection

A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.

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Cat noun · 78% connection

An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to th…

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Chance noun · 78% connection

A possibility; a likelihood; an opportunity; -- with reference to a doubtful result; as, a chance to escape; a chance for life; the ch…

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Cockal noun · 78% connection

A game played with sheep's bones instead of dice

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Craps noun · 78% connection

A gambling game with dice.

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Dice noun · 78% connection

Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also, the game played with dice. See Die, n.

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Dicer noun · 78% connection

A player at dice; a dice player; a gamester.

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Domino noun · 78% connection

A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back, bu…

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Fortuitous adjective · 78% connection

Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous concourse of atoms.

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Four-in-hand adjective · 78% connection

Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-…

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Game verb · 78% connection

That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short w…

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Harpa noun · 78% connection

A genus of marine univalve shells; the harp shells; -- so called from the form of the shells, and their ornamental ribs.

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Hazard noun · 78% connection

A game of chance played with dice.

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In-and-in noun · 78% connection

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.

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