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Domino
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- 1 A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes.
"Dominoes of indiscretions down Falling all around, in cycles, in circles Constantly consuming Conquer and devour"
- 2 a small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes; the face of each block has two equal areas that can bear 0 to 6 dots wordnet
- 3 A country that is expected to react to events in a neighboring country, according to the domino effect.
- 4 a mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes wordnet
- 5 A masquerade costume consisting of a hooded robe and a mask covering the upper part of the face.
"all the women were desirous of having the bundle immediately opened; which operation was at length performed by little Betsy, with the consent of Mr Jones: and the contents were found to be a domino, a mask, and a masquerade ticket."
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- 6 a loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask as part of a masquerade costume wordnet
- 7 The mask itself.
"He wore a domino, but beneath it could be seen his whiskers, cut after the English fashion, and long and pendent."
- 8 The person wearing the costume.
- 9 A polyomino made up of two squares.
- 10 A mistake in performing. colloquial
"Any player is liable to make a 'domino' — that is to say, he goes wool-gathering and continues to play when everyone else has stopped. If he does so at a grown-up concert the fault is irredeemable […]"
- 11 A person's teeth. in-plural, slang
"[…] break your dominoes by grinding them that way."
- 1 To collapse in the manner of dominoes. intransitive
"A dismasting often means the dominoing of one mast into the other, down through the decks, cannoning the cargo through the hull below, and sinking the ship very quickly."
- 2 To cause to collapse in the manner of dominoes. transitive
Etymology
1801, borrowed from French domino (1771), originally the term for a hooded garment, itself from Medieval Latin domino, oblique case of dominus (“lord, master”); compare Medieval Latin dominicale (“a kind of veil”). By surface analysis, di- + -omino.
1801, borrowed from French domino (1771), originally the term for a hooded garment, itself from Medieval Latin domino, oblique case of dominus (“lord, master”); compare Medieval Latin dominicale (“a kind of veil”). By surface analysis, di- + -omino.
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