Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Domino"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Domino \Dom"i*no\, n.; pl. {Dominos} or (esp. the pieces for a
game) {Dominoes}. [F. domino, or It. domin[`o], or Sp.
domin['o], fr. L. dominus master. The domino was orig. a hood
worn by the canons of a cathedral. See {Don}, {Dame}.]
1. A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a
sort of amice. --Kersey.
2. A mourning veil formerly worn by women.
3. A kind of mask; particularly, a half mask worn at
masquerades, to conceal the upper part of the face.
Dominos were formerly worn by ladies in traveling.
4. A costume worn as a disguise at masquerades, consisting of
a robe with a hood adjustable at pleasure.
5. A person wearing a domino.
6. pl. A game played by two or more persons, with
twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat,
oblong shape, plain at the back, but on the face divided
by a line in the middle, and either left blank or
variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game is
played by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched
half of a domino already played --Hoyle.
7. One of the pieces with which the game of dominoes is
played. --Hoyle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Domino
n 1: United States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and
composer (born in 1928) [syn: {Domino}, {Fats Domino}, {Antoine
Domino}]
2: a loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask as part of a
masquerade costume
3: a mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes
for the eyes [syn: {half mask}, {eye mask}]
4: a small rectangular block used in playing the game of
dominoes; the face of each block has two equal areas that
can bear 0 to 6 dots
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