| 单词 | ninepenny morris |
| 释义 | > as lemmasninepenny morris 2. Designating alternative names for the game of nine men's morris, as ninepenny marl, ninepenny miracle, ninepenny morris. Cf. nine men's morris at morris n.2 ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > games similar to draughts > [noun] > merels merelsc1449 morris1600 ninepenny marl1694 ninepenny morris1694 shepherd's chess1869 1694 T. Hyde Hist. Nerdiludii 204 in Mandragorias Alia habet Nomina secundum numerum frustulorum quibus luditur..: sicut est Marlin: alias three mens Morals, & nine mens Morals, & nine penny miracle,..alias three penny Moris, aut five penny Moris, aut nine penny Moris [etc.]. 1826 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 983 There is an ancient game, played by the ‘shepherds of Salisbury Plain’..called ‘Ninepenny Marl’. 1894 A. B. Gomme Trad. Games I. i. 417 ‘Nine Men's Morris’, in Gloucestershire called ‘Ninepenny Morris’, was..largely practised by boys. 1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 222 Merels, one of the oldest and most universally popular games in all parts of Great Britain in the past... Alternative names..are legion..ninepenny marl and madells in Wiltshire;..and most generally, nine-men's-morris. < as lemmas |
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