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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_159169" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_159169" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A game similar to hockey played by swimmers. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) A game of ball of Eastern origin, resembling hockey, with the players on horseback. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78279" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78279" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A game similar to hockey, played on horseback with mallets, and devised by British officers in India in place of football. </p> | ||
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