Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tourney"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tourney \Tour"ney\, n. [OF. tornei, tornoi, F. tournoi, fr. OF.
torneier, tornoier, tournoier, to tit, to tourney, F.
tournoyer to turn round and round. See {Turn}, v. t.]
A tournament. --Bacon.
At tilt or tourney or like warlike game. --Spenser.
We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is
scantly time for half the work. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tourney \Tour"ney\, v. i. [Cf.OF. torneier. See {Tourney}, n. ]
To perform in tournaments; to tilt.
Well could he tourney, and in lists debate. --Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tourney
n : a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of
games to decide the winner [syn: {tournament}]
v : engage in a tourney
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