Definition of card

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Card (n.) A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like; as, to put a card in the newspapers. Also, a printed programme, and (fig.), an attraction or inducement; as, this will be a good card for the last day of the fair..

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Pyroxanthin :: Pyroxanthin (n.) A yellow crystalline hydrocardon extracted from crude wood spirit; -- called also eblanin.
Handicap :: Handicap (n.) An old game at cards.
Currycomb :: Currycomb (n.) A kind of card or comb having rows of metallic teeth or serrated ridges, used in currying a horse..
Vingt Et Un :: Vingt et un () A game at cards, played by two or more persons. The fortune of each player depends upon obtaining from the dealer such cards that the sum of their pips, or spots, is twenty-one, or a number near to it..
Bluff :: Bluff (v. t.) To deter (an opponent) from taking the risk of betting on his hand of cards, as the bluffer does by betting heavily on his own hand although it may be of less value..
Cardinal :: Cardinal (a.) A woman's short cloak with a hood.
Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) The revolving square prism carrying the cards in a Jacquard loom.
Cockle :: Cockle (n.) A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium, especially C. edule, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of other genera..
Renounce :: Renounce (v. t.) To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit.
Vole :: Vole (n.) A deal at cards that draws all the tricks.
Straight :: Straight (superl.) Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush..
Rose :: Rose (n.) The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card with radiating lines, used in other instruments..
Lotto :: Lotto (n.) A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer. A variety of lotto is called keno..
Discardure :: Discardure (n.) Rejection; dismissal.
Dent :: Dent (n.) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc..
Scribble :: Scribble (v. t.) To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.
Enamel :: Enamel (v. t.) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth..
Chartomancy :: Chartomancy (n.) Divination by written paper or by cards.
Play :: Play (n.) The act or practice of contending for victory, amusement, or a prize, as at dice, cards, or billiards; gaming; as, to lose a fortune in play..
Mum-chance :: Mum-chance (n.) A game of hazard played with cards in silence.
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