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Webster 1913 Edition
Deuce
1.
(Gaming)
Two; a card or a die with two spots;
as, the
. deuce
of hearts2.
(Tennis)
A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned “40 all”), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game.
Deuce
,Noun.
[Cf. LL.
dusius
, Armor, dus
, teûz
, phantom, specter; Gael. taibhs
, taibhse
, apparition, ghost; or fr. OF. deus
God, fr. L. deus
(cf. Deity
).] The devil; a demon.
[A euphemism, written also
deuse
.] [Low]
Webster 1828 Edition
Deuce
DEUCE
,Noun.
DEUCE
,Noun.