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TEETOTUM , a See also:form of See also:top, used in various See also:games of See also:chance; the See also:body is of polygonal shape, marked with letters or See also:numbers, which decide the result of the See also:game, according to the See also:side which See also:Ungulata See also:Hippopotamus See also:Pig See also:family (Suidae) See also:Camel . See also:Chevrotain (Tragulidae) See also:Deer family (Cervidae) Hollow-horned ruminants (See also:Bovidae) See also:Tapir . . See also:Horse (See also:Equidae) . See also:Rhinoceros Procavia (Hyrax) See also:Elephant . I.0.(o–I).3 1.0.(0—1).3 2.0.3.3 remains uppermost on the fall of the top after See also:spinning. See also:Strutt, who was See also:born in 1749, mentions (See also:Sports and Pastimes) the teetotum as used in games when he was a boy. It seems that in its earliest form the body was square, marked on the four sides by the letters A. (See also:Lat. aufer, take up or away), indicating that the player takes one from the See also:pool, D. (Lat. depone, put down), when a See also:fine has to be paid, N. (Lat. nihil, nothing), and T. (Lat. totum), when the whole pool is taken. Other accounts give such letters as P.N.D. (dimidium, See also:half), or H. and T. or other combinations of letters. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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