†(a) A game of chance played with three dice, the winner being the person to throw three of a kind or, failing that, the highest instance of two…
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| 释义 | society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > other dice games (31) rafflec1405 †(a) A game of chance played with three dice, the winner being the person to throw three of a kind or, failing that, the highest instance of two… passagec1425 A gambling game for two people played with three dice, in which the aim is to throw a double over ten. Cf. pass-dice, n. Now historical. treygobet1426 Name of an old game at dice. mumchance1528 (a) A dice game resembling hazard. Now historical. (b) In extended use: a chance, a hazardous venture (cf. hazard, n. adj.phrases 3). Now English reg… trey-trip1564 A game at dice, or with dice, in which success probably depended on the casting of a trey or three. lots?1577 In plural. Any of various games played with dice or similar objects; a game of chance. Also as the name of various games. Now historical and rare. novum?1577 A dice game played by five or six persons, the two principal throws being nine and five. (In later use chiefly with reference to quot. 1598). fox-mine-host1622 (see quot. 1622 and sense 2). in and in1630 A gambling game, played by three persons with four dice; the player who threw in and in (see above) took all the stake. Obsolete. merry main1664 the game of hazard (see main, n.2 1b). snake1688 Some dicing game. Obsolete. rare. pass-dice1753 The game of passage (passage, n. 12). chicken hazard1781 A game of hazard (see hazard, n. 1) played for low stakes. Shaking in the Shallow1795 A kind of hat. Obsolete. sequin hazard1825 a gambling game played with dice; = chicken hazard, n. chuck-a-luck1836 A gambling game played with dice. Frequently attributive. Newmarket1837 A game played with three dice in which the object is to roll the highest score in a single roll; (also) the (single) toss of a coin to decide a… chicken1849 A game of hazard played for low stakes; = chicken hazard, n. Cf. hazard, n. 1. Now rare. poker dice1870 (a) dice with playing-card designs on some or all faces; (b) a dice game in which the thrower aims for combinations of several dice similar to… under and over1890 under and over, a gambling game with dice. sweat1894 U.S. Name for a gambling game played with three dice. (Cf. sweat-cloth n. at compounds 2.) crown and anchor1902 a gambling game played on a board or cloth divided into six squares, one marked with a crown, one with an anchor, and the remainder with each of the… Murrumbidgee1917 A gambling game played with dice, similar to craps. beetle1936 A dice game having as its object the drawing or assembly of a beetle-shaped figure. So beetle drive (after whist drive). liar dice1946 a gambling game resembling poker dice, in which the thrower conceals the dice thrown and sometimes declares a false score; also elliptical (in plural… Yahtzee1957 The proprietary name of a game (originally ‘the yacht game’) played with dice and a score sheet. Subcategories:— doublet or triplet in raffle (1) — funds in passage (1) — board or cloth (3) |
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