Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
A localized glow of light.
In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.
A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour, 7 of another, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the black ball in order to win.
The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
A set of resources that are kept ready to use.
A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game.
A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
A set of players in quadrille etc.
A group of fencers taking part in a competition.
A supply of resources.
A small amount of liquid on a surface.
Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed.
To put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of.
To form a pool.
To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.
Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium.
A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place. This reduces discomfort and damage to the back of the shoe. By slipping it into the back of the shoe behind the heel, the user prevents the heel from squashing down the back of the shoe and causing difficulty; instead the heel slides down the smooth shoehorn, which then comes out easily once the foot is in place.
To use a shoehorn.
To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.
To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious.