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Webster 1913 Edition
backgammon
back′gamˊmon
,Noun.
[Origin unknown; perhaps fr. Dan.
bakke
tray + E. game
; or very likely the first part is from E. back
, adv., and the game is so called because the men are often set back
.] A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a “board” marked off into twenty-four spaces called “points”. Each player has fifteen pieces, or “men”, the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called
tables
. backgammon board
, a board for playing backgammon, often made in the form of two rectangular trays hinged together, each tray containing two “tables”.
Webster 1828 Edition
Backgammon
BACKGAM'MON
,Noun.