- (v.i.) In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first "table".
- (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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