See also:

• SKITTLES (from O. Eng. sceoten, to shoot)

SKITTLES (from O. Eng. sceoten, to shoot)  , a See also:

• GAME

game played on the See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green or an See also:

• ALLEY (from the Fr. allee, a walk)

alley with a number of " pins " of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, which are knocked down by an See also:

• OVAL (Lat. ovum, egg)

oval, flattened missile called the See also:

• CHEESE (Lat. caseus)

cheese, about ro lb in See also:

• WEIGHT

weight, thrown by the player . The game has been in existence for centuries in many countries under different names, quilles in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, Kegelspiel in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, skayles, kails, clash, cloddynge, roly-poly, Dutch See also:

• BOWLS

bowls, &c., in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain . In See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early days in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England " sheepe's joynts " were thrown at the pins, and in many varieties of the game, for instance in the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German and Dutch, balls were used, which were rolled along the ground at the pins . As now played, nine large, oval-headed pins are set up in a square, three pins on each See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, with a corner See also:

• ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle presented to the player, who stands about 21 ft. from the pins . One step in advance is allowed in delivery . The See also:

• OBJECT

object is to knock down the greatest number of pins in the fewest throws . In the eastern counties of England four pins only, one on each corner, are generally used . In Dutch See also:

• SKITTLES (from O. Eng. sceoten, to shoot)

skittles the centre See also:

• PIN (a doublet with " pen " from Lat. pinna, feather, pinnacle, which is said to contain the same root as irirvs, pine tree, and properly to mean a sharp point or end)

pin is called the " 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-pin " and often has a See also:

• CROWN

crown on its See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head . The object of this game is to knock down the " king " without touching any of the other pins, or to knock down all the other pins and leave the king . In Germany and See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland balls have always been used, and the game in that See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form was introduced into See also:

• AMERICA

America from the latter See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country early in the 18th See also:

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

century, but is not now played there, being replaced by See also:

• BOWLING (Lat. bulla, a globe, through O. Fr. boule, ball)

bowling .