| 单词 | sice quatre, trey, deuce |
| 释义 | > as lemmassice quatre, trey, deuce b. sice cinque, a throw with two dice turning up six and five. Similarly sice quatre, trey, deuce.In quot. a1618 with pun on cinquepace. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > throw > (throw of) specific number ace?a1300 cinquec1386 sicec1386 sice cinquec1386 treyc1386 quernc1450 ames-acec1460 cater-trey?a1500 twoa1500 cater1519 deuce1519 quatrec1540 trey-acea1556 sice-ace1594 four1599 size-point1648 trey-deuce1680 boxcar1909 trey-point- c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Prol. 125 Your bagges been nat fild with ambes as But with sys cynk, that renneth for your chaunce. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Nomber of eyghte on the dyce, as sice deux. a1618 J. Sylvester Lacrymæ Lacrymarum 102 Bats, Harpies, Syrens, Centaurs, Bib-all-nights, Sice-sink-ap-Asses, Hags.] 1658 J. Jones tr. Ovid Invective against Ibis 75 Deuce ace cannot pay scot and lot, and Sice Sink will not pay. 1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. x. 37 They were call'd..Sice cinque, Sice quater, Sice trey. 1748 E. Hoyle Backgammon iii. §8 Size-Deuce, a Man to be brought from the five Men placed in your Adversary's Tables. 1748 E. Hoyle Backgammon iv. §6 A probability of throwing..Quatre-Trois. or Size-Cinque. < as lemmas |
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