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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ace \Ace\, n.; pl {Aces}. [OE. as F. as fr L. as assis, unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage. Cf {As}.] 1. A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as the ace of diamonds. 2. 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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