Excerpt from Whist Scores and Card-Table Talk: With a Bibliography of Whist In the chapter on Etymologies, etc., I have attempted to give what no one dictionary does, -a correct deri vation of words connected with whist, and one that makes clear justi how the card-meaning of the word is derived. It is to be hoped that the English 'diction aries now in process of making will give adequate and scholarly treatment to this class of words, and not simply harbor the guesses advanced by writers on cards, who for the most part have not the scholarly training fitting them for speaking with authority on etymological questions. A peep into the Catalogue of Playing and other Cards in the British Museum would delight the heart of the seeker for additional words for new supplements to our dictionaries but the discovery will also lay upon him the duty of a proper study and treatment of these words. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.