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all foursSeven-up Sev"en-up`, n.
The game of cards called also all fours, and old sledge.
[U. S.] all foursSledge Sledge, n. [Perhaps from sleds, pl. of sled, confused
with sledge a hammer. See Sled, n.]
1. A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one
without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned
up at one end, used for transporting loads upon the snow,
ice, or bare ground; a sled.
2. A hurdle on which, formerly, traitors were drawn to the
place of execution. [Eng.] --Sir W. Scott.
3. A sleigh. [Eng.]
4. A game at cards; -- called also old sledge, and all
fours. All foursAll fours All` fours" [formerly, All` four".]
All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of
a person.
To be, go, or run, on all fours (Fig.), to be on the
same footing; to correspond (with) exactly; to be alike in
all the circumstances to be considered. ``This example is
on all fours with the other.' ``No simile can go on all
fours.' --Macaulay. All foursFour Four, n.
1. The sum of four units; four units or objects.
2. A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
3. Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a
chariot and four.
All fours. See All fours, in the Vocabulary. all foursHigh High, n.
1. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky;
heaven.
2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low.
3. (Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn.
High, low, jack, and the game, a game at cards; -- also
called all fours, old sledge, and seven up.
In high and low, utterly; completely; in every respect.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
On high, aloft; above.
The dayspring from on high hath visited us. --Luke
i. 78.
The Most High, the Supreme Being; God. Allfours
Allfours All`fours" [All + four (cards).]
A game at cards, called ``High, Low, Jack, and the Game.'
Fourscore
Fourscore Four"score`, a. [Four + core, n.]
Four times twenty; eighty.
Fourscore
Fourscore Four"score`, n.
The product of four times twenty; eighty units or objects.
Foursome
Foursome Four"some, a. [Four + 2d -some.]
Consisting of four; requiring four participants. [Scot. or
Golf]
FoursomeFoursome Four"some, n. (Golf)
A game between four players, with two on each side and each
side playing but one ball, the partners striking alternately.
It is called a
mixed foursome when each side consists of a man and a
woman. Foursquare
Foursquare Four"square`, a.
Having four sides and four equal angles. --Sir W. Raleigh.
mixed foursomeFoursome Four"some, n. (Golf)
A game between four players, with two on each side and each
side playing but one ball, the partners striking alternately.
It is called a
mixed foursome when each side consists of a man and a
woman. on all foursAll fours All` fours" [formerly, All` four".]
All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of
a person.
To be, go, or run, on all fours (Fig.), to be on the
same footing; to correspond (with) exactly; to be alike in
all the circumstances to be considered. ``This example is
on all fours with the other.' ``No simile can go on all
fours.' --Macaulay.
Meaning of FOURS from wikipedia
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