MATRIMONY (Lat. matrimonium, marriage, which is the ordinary English sense)

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MATRIMONY (Lat. matrimonium, marriage, which is the ordinary English sense) , a

game

GAME

cards

CARDS, PLAYING

played with a full

whist

WHIST

pack

PACK (apparently from the
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
pak-, paq-, seen in Lat. pangere, to fasten; cf. " compact ")
PACK, OTTO VON (c. 1480-1537)

upon a table divided into three compartments labelled " Matrimony," " Intrigue " and " Confederacy," and two smaller spaces, " Pair " and " Best." These names indicate combinations of two

cards

CARDS, PLAYING

, any

king

and

queen

being " Matrimony," any

queen

and

knave

KNAVE (O.E. cnafa, cognate with Ger. Knabe, boy)

" Intrigue," any

king

and

knave

KNAVE (O.E. cnafa, cognate with Ger. Knabe, boy)

" Confederacy "; while any two cards of the same denomination form a " Pair " and the diamond ace is " Best." The dealer distributes a number of counters, to which an agreed value has been given, upon the compartments, and the other players do likewise. The dealer then gives one card to each player,

face

FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

down, and a second,

face

FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

up. If any turned-up card is the diamond ace, the player holding it takes everything on the space and the deal passes. If not turned, the diamond ace has only the value of the other three aces. If it is not turned, the players, beginning with the eldest. hand, expose their second cards, and the resulting combinations, if among the five successful ones, win the counters of the corresponding spaces. If the counters on a space are not won, they remain ' until the next deal.

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