See also:

• PINOCHLE, or PENUCILE (Ger. Pinochel or Binochel, of uncertain etymology)

PINOCHLE, or PENUCILE (Ger. Pinochel or Binochel, of uncertain See also:

• ETYMOLOGY (Gr. grvµos, true, and X6yos, "account)

etymology)  , a See also:

• GAME

game of See also:

• CARDS, PLAYING

cards probably invented by Germans in the See also:

• UNITED

United States about the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the loth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . It bears a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general resemblance to See also:

• BEZIQUE (probably from Span. besico, little kiss, in allusion to the meeting of the queen and knave, an important feature in the game)

Bezique (q.v.), and has almost entirely usurped the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the older game in See also:

• AMERICA

America . See also:

• PINOCHLE, or PENUCILE (Ger. Pinochel or Binochel, of uncertain etymology)

Pinochle may be played by two, three or four persons . Two packs, from which all cards below the nines have been deleted, are shuffled together, forming one 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 48 cards . The See also:

• OBJECT

object of the game is to make l000 points . 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 follows: See also:

• ACE (derived through the Lat. as, from the Tarentine form of the Gr. etc)

ace 1T, ten To, 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 4, See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen 3, See also:

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

knave 2 . The nine See also:

• COUNTS

counts nothing unless it be turned for trumps, when it scores To . The last See also:

• TRICK

trick scores To . The See also:

• TERM

term " to meld " (Ger. melden, to announce), as used in pinochle, means " to declare." " See also:

• MELDS (mod. Milo)

Melds " are combinations which are declared during the See also:

• PLAY

play of the hands . They are of three classes: (I) " marriages " and " sequences," (2) " pinochles," and (3) " fours." The " melds " of the first class See also:

• SCORE (O.E. scor, from sceran, to cut, notch, cf. " shear ")

score as follows: " See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage " (king and queen of any See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain suit), 20; " royal marriage" (king and queen of trumps), 4o; " sequence " (the five highest trumps), 150 . In the second class the " melds " are " pinochle " (queen of spades and knave of diamonds), 4o; " See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double pinochle " (both queens of spades and knaves of diamonds), 300; " See also:

• GRAND

grand pinochle " (king and queen of spades and knave of diamonds), 8o; this " meld " is not often played in America . Of the third class the " melds " are: four aces of different suits, Too; four See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of different suits, 8o; four queens of different suits, 6o; four knaves of different suits, 40; eight aces, 1000; eight kings, 800; eight queens, 600; eight knaves, 400 .

In single pinochle (two players) each player receives twelve cards, four at a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, the twenty-fifth being turned up beside the stock for trumps . The non-dealer leads a card, to which the dealer plays . There is no See also:

• OBLIGATION

obligation either to take, follow suit or See also:

• TRUMP (1) (O. Fr. trompe)

trump . The winner of the trick leads again, before which, however, he may " meld " any one See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination he holds . After he has " melded," or refused to do so, he draws a card from the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of the stock and adds it to his See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand without showing it, his adversary doing the same, so that each player continues to hold twelve cards . Playing, announcing, and See also:

• DRAWING

drawing then go on until the stock is exhausted . All combinations " melded " must be laid See also:

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

face upward on the table but still belong to the player's hand, though they may not be taken up until the stock has given out . When this happens all announcements cease, and all cards exposed are replaced in the hands . The last twelve tricks are then played, but now both players must follow suit and must win the trick if possible, either with a See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior card or a trump . A failure to do this is a " revoke " and is penalized by the loss of all points made by " cards," i.e. for the five highest cards in each suit, which after all the tricks have been played, are counted for the player holding them . Ace counts It points, ten To, king 4, queen 3, and knave 2, whatever the suit, so that 240 points for " cards " are divided between the two players . Though points are not counted during the play, a See also:

• MENTAL

mental See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count is kept, and whenever a player See also:

• SEES

sees that, by adding the value of his " melds " to what he thinks his cards will count, he has enough to win the game, namely woo points, he " calls out " or knocks on the table, and proceeds to expose his cards .

If he fails to show enough to win, he loses the game . If neither player knocks, the game continues until one of them scores 125o; if still a tie, 1500 . If a player fails to make See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good a " meld " he is set back that number of points . The game is scored by counters or on a See also:

• CRIBBAGE

cribbage-See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board In three-handed pinochle the " melds " are exposed before a card is played, and no player may " meld " after he has played to the first trick . A See also:

• RULE

rule is sometimes made that an overlooked combination may he scored by the other players . Four-handed pinochle is played either with partners or each player for himself .