| 单词 | to set, stake upon a cast |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto set, stake upon a cast a. spec. A throw of dice; the achievement of the throw. Phrase, to set, stake upon a cast. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > throw cast1509 throw1538 roll1900 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cxvi That playeth for mony..And on his felawes cast takyth onely hede. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. vii. 9 I haue set my life vpon a cast . View more context for this quotation 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xviii. 704/2 Here is a gay goodly cast, foule cast away for hast. 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 40 'Tis no winning cast. 1649 J. Milton Observations in Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 64 The rare game likely to ensue from such a cast of his Cards. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) II. 187 Their clothes, their arms, are staked..upon a single cast. 1820 Hoyle's Games Improved 303 To hit the one, that cast [of dice] must be eight. < as lemmas |
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