Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A game something like backgammon, common among the ancient Mexicans.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An American Indian game analogous to dice, probably originally a method of divination.
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- noun A
board game similar topachisi played by theAztecs .
Etymologies
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From Classical Nahuatl patolli ("kidney bean; board game").
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The game of the Hindoos, called pachisi, is played upon a cross-shaped board or cloth; it is a combination of checkers and draughts, with the throwing of dice, the dice determining the number of moves; when the Spaniards entered Mexico they found the Aztecs playing a game called patolli, identical with the Hindoo pachisi, on a similar cross-shaped board.
Atlantis : the antediluvian world Ignatius Donnelly 1866
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