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skat


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skat  \Skat\  (sk[aum]t),  n.  [G.,  fr  It  scartare  to  discard.] 
  1.  A  three-handed  card  game  played  with  32  cards,  of  which 
  two  constitute  the  skat  (sense  2),  or  widow.  The  players 
  bid  for  the  privilege  of  attempting  any  of  several  games 
  or  tasks,  in  most  of  which  the  player  undertaking  the  game 
  must  take  tricks  counting  in  aggregate  at  least  61  (the 
  counting  cards  being  ace  11,  ten  10,  king  4,  queen  3,  jack 
  2).  The  four  jacks  are  the  best  trumps,  ranking  club, 
  spade,  heart,  diamond,  and  ten  outranks  king  or  queen  (but 
  when  the  player  undertakes  to  lose  all  the  tricks,  the 
  cards  rank  as  in  whist).  The  value  of  hands  depends  upon 
  the  game  played,  trump  suit,  points  taken  and  number  of 
  matadores. 
 
  2.  (Skat)  A  widow  of  two  cards. 




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