Domino
['dɒmɪnəʊ] or ['dɑməno]
Definition
(noun.) 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.
(noun.) a mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes.
(noun.) a loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask as part of a masquerade costume.
(noun.) United States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928).
Editor: Whitney--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a sort of amice.
(n.) A mourning veil formerly worn by women.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A costume worn as a disguise at masquerades, consisting of a robe with a hood adjustable at pleasure.
(n.) A person wearing a domino.
(n.) 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
(n.) One of the pieces with which the game of dominoes is played.
Typist: Serena
Definition
n. a cape with a hood worn by a master or by a priest: a long cloak of black silk with a hood used at masked balls a person wearing such: one of the oblong pieces with which the game of Dom′inoes (-nōz) is played usually twenty-eight in number divided into two compartments each of which is blank or marked with from one to six spots.
Typist: Oliver
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of playing at dominoes, and lose, you will be affronted by a friend, and much uneasiness for your safety will be entertained by your people, as you will not be discreet in your affairs with women or other matters that engage your attention. If you are the winner of the game, it foretells that you will be much courted and admired by certain dissolute characters, bringing you selfish pleasures, but much distress to your relatives.
Editor: Sharon
Examples
- This ingenious article itself, without the elegant domino-box, card-basket, .c. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Meyler looked very interesting and handsome, in his blue domino of rich Gros de Naples. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Anni Domino 1861. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Jo peeped into his half-open eye, felt his little heart, and finding him stiff and cold, shook her head, and offered her domino box for a coffin. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Monday--Morning, dominoes. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Afternoon, dominoes. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Agnes played the piano to him, sat by him, and worked and talked, and played some games at dominoes with me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Ever touched the broom, or spread the mats, or rolled them up, or found the draughts, or collected the dominoes, or put my hand to any kind of work? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Other company were there: two playing cards, two playing dominoes, three standing by the counter lengthening out a short supply of wine. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Such was our daily life on board the ship--solemnity, decorum, dinner, dominoes, devotions, slander. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Afterwards, dominoes. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Friday--Morning, dominoes. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Lady Glyde--Miss Halcombe--Eleanor, my good wife--which of you will indulge me with a game at dominoes? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Saturday--Morning, dominoes. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- At last we arrived and were received at the first entrance-room by the Dukes of Devonshire and Leinster, dressed in light blue dominos. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Editor: Mamie