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Webster 1913 Edition


Deuce

Deuce

(dūs)
,
Noun.
[F.
deux
two, OF.
deus
, fr. L.
duo
. See
Two
.]
1.
(Gaming)
Two; a card or a die with two spots;
as, the
deuce
of hearts
.
2.
(Tennis)
A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned “40 all”), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game.

Deuce

,
Noun.
[Cf. LL.
dusius
, Armor,
dus
,
teûz
, phantom, specter; Gael.
taibhs
,
taibhse
, apparition, ghost; or fr. OF.
deus
God, fr. L.
deus
(cf.
Deity
).]
The devil; a demon.
[A euphemism, written also
deuse
.]
[Low]

Webster 1828 Edition


Deuce

DEUCE

,
Noun.
Two; a card with two spots; a die with two spots; a term used in gaming.

DEUCE

,
Noun.
A demon. [See Duse.]