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† ˈlangret Obs.
A kind of false die.
c1550Dice-Play A j b, A bale of Langretes contrary to the vantage. Ibid. C j, A well fauored die that semeth good & square: yet is the forhed longer on the cater and tray, then any other way, and therfore holdeth the name of a langret. 1591Greene Disc. Coosnage (1859) 11 The Chetor with a langret, cut contrarie to the vantage, wil cros-bite a bard cater tray. 1600Rowlands Lett. Humours Blood iii. 59 His Langrets, with his Hie men, and his low, Are ready what his pleasure is to throw. |