ACE

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as, the ace of diamonds.

2.
n.

Hence: A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot. I 'll not wag an ace further. Dryden. To bate an ace, to make the least abatement. [Obs.] -- Within an ace of, very near; on the point of. W. Irving.

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