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Dulcino | ‖or ‖/mhw>, n. [ Cf. It. dolcigno sweetish. ] (Mus.) A small bassoon, formerly much used. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Dolcino | Domino | n.; pl. Dominos or plw>Dominoes [ F. domino, or It. dominò, or Sp. dominó, fr. L. dominus master. The domino was orig. a hood worn by the canons of a cathedral. See Don, Dame. ] 1. A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a sort of amice. Kersey. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A mourning veil formerly worn by women. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A kind of mask; particularly, a half mask worn at masquerades, to conceal the upper part of the face. Dominos were formerly worn by ladies in traveling. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. A costume worn as a disguise at masquerades, consisting of a robe with a hood adjustable at pleasure. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. A person wearing a domino. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. pl. A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back, but on the face divided by a line in the middle, and either left blank or variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game is played by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched half of a domino already played Hoyle. [ 1913 Webster ] 7. One of the pieces with which the game of dominoes is played. Hoyle. fall like dominoes. To fall sequentially, as when one object in a line, by falling against the next object, causes it in turn to fall, and that second object causes a third to fall, etc.; the process can be repeated an indefinite number of times. The phrase is derived from an entertainment using dominoes arranged in a row, each standing on edge and therefore easily knocked over; when the first is made to fall against the next, it starts a sequence which ends when all have fallen. For amusement, people have arranged such sequences involving thousands of dominoes, arrayed in fanciful patterns.
| Domino theory | . A political theory current in the 1960's, according to which the conversion of one country in South Asia to communism will start a sequential process causing all Asian countries to convert to Communism. The apparent assumption was that an Asian country politically aligned with the West was as politically unstable as a domino standing on edge. It was used by some as a justification for American involvement in the Vietnam war, 1964-1972. [ PJC ] | Domino whist | . A game of cards in which the suits are played in sequence, beginning with a 5 or 9, the player who gets rid of his cards first being the winner. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
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| domino | (ดอม'มิโน) n. ไพ่โดมิโน, ไพ่ต่อแต้ม, ไพ่กระดูก -pl. dominoes | abdominous | (แอบคอม' มินัส) adj. ซึ่งมีพุงใหญ่ (potbellied) |
| | | | domino | (n) United States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928), Syn. Antoine Domino, Fats Domino | domino | (n) a loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask as part of a masquerade costume | domino | (n) a mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes, Syn. eye mask, half mask | domino | (n) a small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes; the face of each block has two equal areas that can bear 0 to 6 dots | domino effect | (n) the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall) | dominoes | (n) any of several games played with small rectangular blocks, Syn. dominos | domino theory | (n) the political theory that if one nation comes under communist control then neighboring nations will also come under communist control |
| Domino | n.; pl. Dominos or plw>Dominoes [ F. domino, or It. dominò, or Sp. dominó, fr. L. dominus master. The domino was orig. a hood worn by the canons of a cathedral. See Don, Dame. ] 1. A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a sort of amice. Kersey. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A mourning veil formerly worn by women. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A kind of mask; particularly, a half mask worn at masquerades, to conceal the upper part of the face. Dominos were formerly worn by ladies in traveling. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. A costume worn as a disguise at masquerades, consisting of a robe with a hood adjustable at pleasure. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. A person wearing a domino. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. pl. A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back, but on the face divided by a line in the middle, and either left blank or variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game is played by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched half of a domino already played Hoyle. [ 1913 Webster ] 7. One of the pieces with which the game of dominoes is played. Hoyle. fall like dominoes. To fall sequentially, as when one object in a line, by falling against the next object, causes it in turn to fall, and that second object causes a third to fall, etc.; the process can be repeated an indefinite number of times. The phrase is derived from an entertainment using dominoes arranged in a row, each standing on edge and therefore easily knocked over; when the first is made to fall against the next, it starts a sequence which ends when all have fallen. For amusement, people have arranged such sequences involving thousands of dominoes, arrayed in fanciful patterns.
| Domino theory | . A political theory current in the 1960's, according to which the conversion of one country in South Asia to communism will start a sequential process causing all Asian countries to convert to Communism. The apparent assumption was that an Asian country politically aligned with the West was as politically unstable as a domino standing on edge. It was used by some as a justification for American involvement in the Vietnam war, 1964-1972. [ PJC ] | Domino whist | . A game of cards in which the suits are played in sequence, beginning with a 5 or 9, the player who gets rid of his cards first being the winner. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
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