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backgammon
(mass) | backgammon
- backgammon |
backgammon
(msas) | backgammon
- backgammon |
backgammon
(msasasci) | backgammon
- backgammon |
backgammon
(encz) | backgammon,vrhcáby Zdeněk Brož |
backgammon
(gcide) | backgammon \back"gam`mon\, n. [Origin unknown; perhaps fr. Dan.
bakke tray + E. game; or very likely the first part is from
E. back, adv., and the game is so called because the men are
often set back.]
A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a
"board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points".
Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of
which from point to point are determined by throwing dice.
Formerly called tables.
[1913 Webster]
backgammon board, a board for playing backgammon, often
made in the form of two rectangular trays hinged together,
each tray containing two "tables".
[1913 Webster] |
backgammon
(gcide) | backgammon \back`gam"mon\, v. t.
In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before
the loser is clear of his first "table". When played for
betting purposes, the winner in such a case scores three
times the wagered amount.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
backgammon
(wn) | backgammon
n 1: a board game for two players; pieces move according to
throws of the dice |
backgammon
(jargon) | backgammon
See bignum (sense 3), moby (sense 4), and pseudoprime.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
backgammon
(mass) | backgammon
- backgammon |
backgammon
(msas) | backgammon
- backgammon |
backgammon
(msasasci) | backgammon
- backgammon |
backgammon
(encz) | backgammon,vrhcáby Zdeněk Brož |
backgammon
(gcide) | backgammon \back"gam`mon\, n. [Origin unknown; perhaps fr. Dan.
bakke tray + E. game; or very likely the first part is from
E. back, adv., and the game is so called because the men are
often set back.]
A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a
"board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points".
Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of
which from point to point are determined by throwing dice.
Formerly called tables.
[1913 Webster]
backgammon board, a board for playing backgammon, often
made in the form of two rectangular trays hinged together,
each tray containing two "tables".
[1913 Webster]backgammon \back`gam"mon\, v. t.
In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before
the loser is clear of his first "table". When played for
betting purposes, the winner in such a case scores three
times the wagered amount.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
backgammon board
(gcide) | backgammon \back"gam`mon\, n. [Origin unknown; perhaps fr. Dan.
bakke tray + E. game; or very likely the first part is from
E. back, adv., and the game is so called because the men are
often set back.]
A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a
"board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points".
Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of
which from point to point are determined by throwing dice.
Formerly called tables.
[1913 Webster]
backgammon board, a board for playing backgammon, often
made in the form of two rectangular trays hinged together,
each tray containing two "tables".
[1913 Webster] |
backgammon
(wn) | backgammon
n 1: a board game for two players; pieces move according to
throws of the dice |
backgammon board
(wn) | backgammon board
n 1: the board on which backgammon is played |
backgammon
(jargon) | backgammon
See bignum (sense 3), moby (sense 4), and pseudoprime.
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