See also:MATRIMONY (See also:Lat. matrimonium, See also:marriage, which is the See also:ordinary See also:English sense)
, a See also:game at See also:cards played with a full See also:whist See also:pack upon a table divided into three compartments labelled " See also:Matrimony," " Intrigue " and " Confederacy," and two smaller spaces, " Pair " and " Best." These names indicate combinations of two cards, any See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king and See also:queen being " Matrimony," any queen and See also:knave " Intrigue," any king and knave " Confederacy "; while any two cards of the same See also:denomination See also:form a " Pair " and the See also:diamond See also: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
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The dealer then gives one card to each player, See also:face down, and a second, face up
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If any turned-up card is the diamond ace, the player holding it takes everything on the space and the See also:deal passes
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If not turned, the diamond ace has only the value of the other three aces
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If it is not turned, the players, beginning with the eldest. See also:hand, expose their second cards, and the resulting combinations, if among the five successful ones, win the counters of the corresponding spaces
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If the counters on a space are not won, they remain ' until the next deal
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