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Cribbage :: Cribbage (v. t.) A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in which there is a crib. (See Crib, 11.) It is characterized by a great variety of chances..

Interdict :: Interdict (n.) An order of the court of session, having the like purpose and effect with a writ of injunction out of chancery in England and America..

Happen :: Happen (v. i.) To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.

Brief :: Brief (n.) A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence..

Props :: Props (n. pl.) A game of chance, in which four sea shells, each called a prop, are used instead of dice..

Chaud-medley :: Chaud-medley (n.) The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance-medley or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray..

Thedom :: Thedom (n.) Success; fortune; luck; chance.

Expectation :: Expectation (n.) The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event. Expectations are computed for or against the occurrence of the event.

Run :: Run (v. i.) To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of losing one's life. See To run the chances, below..

Tip :: Tip (n.) A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like..

Chancellery :: Chancellery (n.) Chancellorship.

Plea :: Plea (n.) That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; in a still more limited sense, and in modern practice, the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's declaration and demand. That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant's plea. In chancery practice, a plea is a special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as a cause why

Skunk :: Skunk (v. t.) In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king..

Chance :: Chance (adv.) By chance; perchance.

Case :: Case (n.) Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.

Apsidal :: Apsidal (a.) Of or pertaining to the apse of a church; as, the apsidal termination of the chancel..

Job :: Job (v. i.) To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work.

Chanced :: Chanced (imp. & p. p.) of Chanc.

Reis Effendi :: Reis Effendi () A title formerly given to one of the chief Turkish officers of state. He was chancellor of the empire, etc..

Scratch :: Scratch (n.) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.

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