Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

NINE

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 703 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

NINE MEN'S See also:

MORRIS, known also as Morelles and Merelles, an See also:ancient See also:English See also:game played with 9 counters a See also:side on a See also:board marked with four squares, one within the other. The See also:middle points of the three inside squares are connected by straight lines, and, in a variation of the game, the corners also. The players, whose counters are of different See also:colours, See also:place these alternately one by one upon the intersections of the lines, the See also:object of each being to get three of his own men in See also:line, in which See also:case he has the See also:privilege of pounding, i.e. removing from the board, any one of his opponent's men; although he may not take one of a See also:row of three, unless there are no others. When all 18 counters have been placed on the board they are moved to adjacent unoccupied intersections. When all but three of a player's men have been captured he is allowed to jump or See also:hop to any vacant point he chooses. As soon as a player is reduced to two men he loses. In the See also:time of See also:Shakespeare (Midsummer See also:Night's See also:Dream, See also:Act 11. See also:Scene 1) the game was commonly played out of doors.

End of Article: NINE

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
NIMROD (-`s??, -i=s; Septuagint, Nef3pc5£: various... 		[next]
NINEVEH (Heb. m}'?, in classical authors Nivos, Nin...

Site © 2006 - Net Industries