langret
langret noun: a kind of loaded die.
Noun
langret (plural langrets)
- A kind of loaded die.
- Captaine, you perceiue how neere both of vs are driuen, the dice of late are growen as melancholy as a dog, high men and low men both prosper alike, langrets, fullams, and all the whole fellowshippe of them will not affoord a man his dinner, some other means must be inuented to preuent imminent...1594, Thomas Nashe, The Unfortunate Traveller
- If I throw out with him, Hell rot him for a false die. But ’tis not such a cast shall cast away all my fortune. I have a langret in my purse shall cross-bite for me i’ the end and win me all, howsoe’er the Demons cog against me.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, chapter 17, in The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC
Forms of langret
| plural | langrets |
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Questions about langret
- What does langret mean?
- Langret means a kind of loaded die.
- What part of speech is langret?
- Langret is a noun.
- What is the plural of langret?
- The plural of langret is langrets.
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