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Look up: solitaire

  1. Solitaire
    Solitaire is a game played by one person on a board with 33 small indentations, in which 32 marbles are placed. The object is to remove by 'jumping' all the marbles except one.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Solitaire
    The solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria) is an extinct flightless pigeon, nearly allied to the dodo, which lived in the island of Rodriguez in the Indian Ocean until about 1761. It had longer legs than the dodo, the male standing almost one meter high.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. solitaire
    [n] - a gem (usually a diamond) in a setting by itself 2. [n] - extinct flightless bird related to the dodo 3. [n] - dull gray North American thrushes noted for its beautiful song 4. [n] - a card game played by one person
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  4. Solitaire
    Definition (keystage 3) A game for one player, in which pegs starting out in a particular arrangement 'jump' over one another; the peg that is jumped over is removed. The aim is to remove all of the pegs but one. <br /> Also a one-player card-game.
    Found on http://thesaurus.maths.org/mmkb/entry.ht

  5. Solitaire
    Sol`i·taire' noun [ French See Solitary .] 1. A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit. Pope. 2. A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone. « Diamond solitaires blazing on his breast and wrists.» Mrs. R. H. Davis. 3. A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many g ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/141

  6. solitaire
    1. A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit. ... 2. A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone. 'Diamond solitaires blazing on his breast and wrists.' (Mrs. R. H. Davis) ... 3. A game which one person can play alone; applied to many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with peg ...
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  7. solitaire
    noun a card game played by one person
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  8. solitaire
    noun a gem (usually a diamond) in a setting by itself
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  9. solitaire
    noun extinct flightless bird related to the dodo
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  10. Solitaire
    `Solitaire` or `patience` is any of a family of single-player card games of a generally similar character, but varying greatly in detail. The games are generally referred to as `patience` in British English and `solitaire` in American English. These games typically involve dealing cards from a shuffled deck into a prescribed arrangement on a tabletop, from which the player attempts to reorder the deck by suit and rank through a series of moves t...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitaire

  11. Solitaire
    • (n.) A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone. • (n.) Any species of American thrushlike birds of the genus Myadestes. They are noted their sweet songs and retiring habits. Called also fly-catching thrush. A West Indian species (Myadestes sibilans) is called the invisible bird. • (n.) A...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. solitaire
    solitaire 1. A card game played by one person. 2. A gem, especially a diamond, that is set alone in a ring. 3. Before 1500, the English sense of solitere referred to a 'widow' then it became solitaire, a solitary person, a recluse.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  13. solitaire
    1. a gem (usually a diamond) in a setting by itself
    2. extinct flightless bird related to the dodo
    3. dull gray North American thrushes noted for its beautiful song
    4. a card game played by one person

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  14. solitaire
    solitaire or patience,any card game that can be played by one person. Solitaire is the American name; in England it is known as patience. There are probably more kinds of solitaire than all other card games together. The aim in most is to segregate the four suits, each in sequence, against the luck ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0


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