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• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

BLIND HOOKEY  , a See also:

• GAME

game of See also:

• CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance, played with a full. See also:

• PACK (apparently from the root pak-, paq-, seen in Lat. pangere, to fasten; cf. " compact ")
• PACK, OTTO VON (c. 1480-1537)

pack of See also:

• CARDS, PLAYING

cards . The See also:

• DEAL

deal, which is an See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage, is decided as at See also:

• WHIST

whist, the cards being shuffled and cut as at whist . The dealer gives a See also:

• PARCEL (Fr. parcelle, Ital. particella, Lat. particela, diminutive of pars, part)

parcel of cards to each player including himself . Each player puts the amount of his stake on his cards, which he must not look at . The dealer has to take all bets . He then turns up his parcel, exposing the bottom card . Each player in turn does the same, winning or losing according as his cards are higher or See also:

• LOWER

lower than the dealer's . Ties pay the dealer . The cards See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank as at whist . The suits are of no importance, the cards taking See also:

• PRECEDENCE (from Lat. praecedere, to go before, precede)

precedence according to their See also:

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

face-value .