Roulette: alternatives and connections

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

Divided into small spaces or areolations, as the wings of insects, the leaves of plants, or the receptacle of compound flowers.

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…

Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle b…

A game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds ( four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to ma…

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 game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball w…

To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.

To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along.

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…

To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.

To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.

In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent's ball, after putting one's own in contact with it, by striking one's own ball with…

To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.

A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the defer…

To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.

The act of forming or gathering into a ball or round mass; the state of being gathered into a ball; conglomeration.

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 hole…