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See also:MATRIMONY (See also:Lat. matrimonium, See also:marriage, which is the See also:ordinary See also:English sense) , a See also:game at See also:cards played with a full See also:whist See also:pack upon a table divided into three compartments labelled " Matrimony," " Intrigue " and " Confederacy," and two smaller spaces, " Pair " and " Best." These names indicate combinations of two cards, any See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king and See also:queen being " Matrimony," any queen and See also:knave " Intrigue," any king and knave " Confederacy "; while any two cards of the same See also:denomination See also:form a " Pair " and the See also:diamond See also:ace is " Best." The dealer distributes a number of counters, to which an agreed value has been given, upon the compartments, and the other players do likewise. The dealer then gives one card to each player, See also:face down, and a second, face up. If any turned-up card is the diamond ace, the player holding it takes everything on the space and the See also:deal passes. If not turned, the diamond ace has only the value of the other three aces. If it is not turned, the players, beginning with the eldest. See also:hand, expose their second cards, and the resulting combinations, if among the five successful ones, win the counters of the corresponding spaces. If the counters on a space are not won, they remain ' until the next deal.
End of Article: MATRIMONY (Lat. matrimonium, marriage, which is the ordinary English sense)
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