cinque

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Double Quatre.—Play two men from the ace to the cinque point in the adversary's inner table, and two from the five in his outer table.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

Cinque Ace.—Play the cinque from the five men in your adversary's outer table, and the ace from the ace point in his inner table.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

For a gammon, play the ace from the six to the cinque point in your own table.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

Trois Deuce.—The approved play is to carry two men from the five in your adversary's outer table to the quatre and cinque points in your own outer table.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

The innuendoes of the Ugellino and the Nicchio are here repeated in figures which anticipate the novels and capitoli of the cinque cento.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington