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

Mum-chance :: Mum-chance (a.) Silent and idle.

Kill :: Kill (v. t.) To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book..

Roustabout :: Roustabout (n.) A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance jobs..

Chance :: Chance (n.) A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified..

Opportunity :: Opportunity (n.) Fit or convenient time; a time or place favorable for executing a purpose; a suitable combination of conditions; suitable occasion; chance.

Chevet :: Chevet (n.) The extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round or polygonal part.

Peradventure :: Peradventure (n.) Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond peradventure..

Hap :: Hap (v. i.) To happen; to befall; to chance.

Certiorari :: Certiorari (n.) A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in order that the party may have more sure and speedy justice, or that errors and irregularities may be corrected. It is obtained upon complaint of a party that he has not received justice, or can not have an impartial trial in the inferior court..

Hap :: Hap (n.) That which happens or comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or taking place; chance; fortune; accident; casual event; fate; luck; lot..

Significavit :: Significavit (n.) Formerly, a writ issuing out of chancery, upon certificate given by the ordinary, of a man's standing excommunicate by the space of forty days, for the laying him up in prison till he submit himself to the authority of the church..

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)..

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.

Haphazard :: Haphazard (n.) Extra hazard; chance; accident; random.

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

Lot :: Lot (n.) That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

Examiner :: Examiner (n.) One who examines, tries, or inspects; one who interrogates; an officer or person charged with the duty of making an examination; as, an examiner of students for a degree; an examiner in chancery, in the patent office, etc..

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..

Turn :: Turn (n.) Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or incidental occasion; appropriate time..

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