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22 words match “HOY”

HOY n. 2 definitions

g passengers and goods from place to place, or as a tender to larger vessels in port. The hoy went to London every week. Cowper.

Same as Hoiden.

One who navigates a hoy. A common hoyman to carry goods by water for hire. Hobart.

A term used in hailing; as, "Ship ahoy."

HOBBLEDEHOY; HOBBLETEHOY n.

en boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow . [Colloq.] All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm. Dickens. .

A winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet. It counts for forty points. Hoyle.

ldenlandia umbellata, native in India, which yieds a durable red dyestuff. [Written also choy root.]

), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to C. Hoyi, a related species of Lake Michigan.

A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade. Hoyle. Chamber of commerce. See Chamber.

DOMINO n. 2 definitions

played by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched half of a domino already played Hoyle.

. Keble. Elder hand (Card Playing), the hand playing, or having the right to play, first. Hoyle.

etor of a farotable ventures in the game; also, the place where a game of faro is played. Hoyle.

bout an inch in diameter, filled with powder and used in firing mines. Farrow. -- Powder hoy (Naut.), a vessel specially fitted to carry powder for the supply of war ships. They are usually painted red and carry a red flag. -- Powder magazine, or Powder room. See Magazine, 2. -- Powder mine, a mine exploded by gunpo…

punts; specifically, one who plays against the banker or dealer, as in baccara and faro. Hoyle.

being the remainder of an ordinary pack after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded. Hoyle.

uit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege. Hoyle.

sit has certain compartments colored red and black, upon which the stakes are deposited. Hoyle.

To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand. Hoyle. To slam to, to shut or close with a slam. "He slammed to the door." W. D. Howells.