Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Monte"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Monte \Mon"te\, n. [Sp., lit., mountain, hence, the stock of
cards remaining after laying out a certain number, fr. L.
mons, montis, mountain.]
A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice or
cards.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Monte \Mon"te\, n.
In Spanish America, a wood; forest; timber land; esp., in
parts of South America, a comparatively wooden region.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
monte
n : a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are
dealt face up and players bet that one of the will be
matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the
pack one at a time [syn: {four-card monte}, {three-card
monte}]
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