See also:

• SOLITAIRE (Fr. for " solitary ")

SOLITAIRE (Fr. for " solitary ")  , a See also:

• GAME

game played on a See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board indented with 33 or 37 hemispherical hollows, with the same number of balls or See also:

• MARBLES

marbles . An unoccupied hollow is See also:

• LEFT

left by removing one See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

ball, and the balls, or pieces, are then captured as in See also:

• DRAUGHTS (from AS. dragan, to draw)

draughts . No moves are allowed in See also:

• DIAGONAL (Gr. &a, through, ywvia, a corner)

diagonal directions or over more than one space 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 .