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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 101 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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VINT , a See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian card-See also:

GAME

game. It is generally considered as the immediate ancestor of See also:

BRIDGE

Bridge (q.v.). Vint means in Russian " See also:

SCREW (O.E. scrue, from O. Fr. escroue, mod. ecrou; ultimate origin uncertain; the word, or a similar one, appears in Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Schraube, Dan. skrue, but Skeat, following Diaz, finds the origin in Lat. scrobs, a ditch, hole, particularl

screw," and is given to the game because the four players, each in turn, propose, bid and overbid each other until one, having bid higher than the others care to follow, makes the See also:

TRUMP (1) (O. Fr. trompe)

trump, his vis-d-vis becoming his partner. It has many points of resemblance to Bridge. The See also:

CARDS, PLAYING

cards have the same See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank; the See also:

SCORE (O.E. scor, from sceran, to cut, notch, cf. " shear ")

score of tricks is entered under the See also:

LINE

line, and points for slam, penalties and honours above the line; while the value of the different suits is the same as in Bridge: spades, clubs, diamonds, See also:

HEARTS

hearts and " no trumps." In a " no trump " See also:

DECLARATION (from Lat. declarare, to make fully clear, clams)

declaration aces only See also:

COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count as honours; in a suit declaration both the aces and the five next highest cards. During the progress of the bidding and declaring, opportunity is taken by the players to indicate by their calls their strength in the various suits and the high cards they hold, so that, when the playing begins, the position of the best cards and the strength of the different hands can often be fairly accurately estimated. The leads are subject to much the same rules as those in Bridge. See The See also:

LAWS

Laws and Principles of Vint, edited by See also:

FRANK, JAKOB (1726-1791)

Frank W. Haddan (See also:

LONDON

London, 1900).

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