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Russian whist — noun see vint II … Useful english dictionary
whist — whist1 /hwist, wist/, n. a card game, an early form of bridge, but without bidding. [1655 65; earlier whisk, perh. identical with WHISK, though sense relationship uncert.] whist2 /hwist, wist/, interj. 1. hush! silence! be still! adj. 2. hushed;… … Universalium
Contract bridge — Bridge declarer play Alternative name(s) Bridge Type trick taking Players 4 Skill(s) require … Wikipedia
Vint — This article concerns a game similar to Contract Bridge and uses terminology associated with the game. See Contract bridge glossary for an explanation of unfamiliar words or phrases. Infobox CardGame title = Vint subtitle = Skruuvi image link =… … Wikipedia
bridge — bridge1 bridgeable, adj. bridgeless, adj. bridgelike, adj. /brij/, n., v., bridged, bridging, adj. n. 1. a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like. 2. a connecting, transitional, or intermediate route or… … Universalium
History of contract bridge — The history of contract bridge, one of the world s most popular partnership card games, dated back to the invention of trick taking games in the early 16th century, such as whist. Bridge itself forked off from whist with the creation of the game… … Wikipedia
bridge — 1. bridge [ bridʒ ] n. m. • 1892; mot angl., p. ê. d o. russe ♦ Jeu de cartes, issu du whist, qui se joue à quatre (deux contre deux), et qui consiste, pour l équipe qui (après les annonces) a fait la plus forte enchère, à réussir le nombre de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Bridge — Cet article concerne le jeu de cartes. Pour les autres sens du mot, voir bridge (homonymie). Bridge jeu de société … Wikipédia en Français
vint — ▪ game also called Russian whist trick taking card game, popular around the Baltic Sea, and a significant contributor to the development of bridge. It developed from a game called Siberia, played in St. Petersburg in the 1870s. This was a … Universalium
vint — noun A Russian card game similar to bridge and whist Syn: Russian whist … Wiktionary
