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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Backgammon \Back"gam`mon\, n. [Origin unknown; perhaps fr Dan. bakke tray + E. game; or very likely the first part is from E. back adv., and the game is so called because the men are often set back.] A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a ``board'' marked off into twenty-four spaces called ``points''. Each player has fifteen pieces, or ``men'', the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables. {Backgammon board}, a board for playing backgammon, often made in the form of two rectangular trays hinged together, each tray containing two ``tables''. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Backgammon \Back"gam`mon\, v. i. In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first ``table''. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: backgammon n : a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: backgammon See {bignum} (sense 3), {moby} (sense 4), and {pseudoprime}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: backgammon See {bignum}, {moby}, {pseudoprime}. [{Jargon File}]
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