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The rudiments can be learned far more satisfactorily by watching a rubber, or by receiving the kindly instruction of a friend or teacher In perusing these pages, the beginner will seek in vain to receive such information as that the 10 is a higher card than the 9; or that the Third Hand plays after the Second.

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  1. denoting a quantity consisting of one more than nine and one less than eleven; -- representing the number ten as Arabic numerals

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  1. the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
  2. being one more than nine

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  • The rudiments can be learned far more satisfactorily by watching a rubber, or by receiving the kindly instruction of a friend or teacher In perusing these pages, the beginner will seek in vain to receive such information as that the 10 is a higher card than the 9; or that the Third Hand plays after the Second. —  Auction of To-day
  • But Hungary herself went down at the terrific battle of Mohács--10,000 Serbs under their voivoda, Paul, fought in the Hungarian ranks--and after the fall of Buda-Pest the political organization of the Serbs, with a despot as their ruler, came to an end, being replaced by a religious organization, at the head of which was the restored Patriarchate of Peć. —  The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1
  • In Ovid the image is found at AA I 39-40 & 264, II 426, III 467-68 & 809-10, RA 397-98, Fast I 25-26, II 360, IV 10, and VI 586. —  The Last Poems of Ovid
  • Whether sown direct in the field or transplanted the plants should finally not stand closer than 8 inches--10 is preferred. —  Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses
  • Müller deplored the superfluous weight of these pieces and developed 6-, 8-, 10, and 13-inch howitzers in which, by a more calculated distribution of the metal, he achieved much lighter weapons. —  Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America
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