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

Morkin :: Morkin (n.) A beast that has died of disease or by mischance.

Lot :: Lot (n.) Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots..

Potluck :: Potluck (n.) Whatever may chance to be in the pot, or may be provided for a meal..

Chance-medley :: Chance-medley (n.) The killing of another in self-defense upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter. See Chaud-Medley.

Hazard :: Hazard (n.) To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.

Mum-chance :: Mum-chance (n.) A game of hazard played with cards in silence.

Paraventure :: Paraventure (adv.) Peradventure; perchance.

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

Lazzaroni :: Lazzaroni (n. pl.) The homeless idlers of Naples who live by chance work or begging; -- so called from the Hospital of St. Lazarus, which serves as their refuge..

Chance :: Chance (n.) The supposed effect of such an agent; something that befalls, as the result of unknown or unconsidered forces; the issue of uncertain conditions; an event not calculated upon; an unexpected occurrence; a happening; accident; fortuity; casualty..

Alight :: Alight (v. i.) To come or chance (upon).

Finesse :: Finesse (v. i.) To attempt, when second or third player, to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play..

Chancel :: Chancel (v. t.) All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond the line of the transept farthest from the main front.

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

Random :: Random (n.) A roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; -- commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard..

Peradventure :: Peradventure (adv. & conj.) By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing.

Rehear :: Rehear (v. t.) To hear again; to try a second time; as, to rehear a cause in Chancery..

Waif :: Waif (n.) Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance..

Dataria :: Dataria (n.) Formerly, a part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. The name is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place of granting the gift or favor)..

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