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  1. 1. n. A jest or scoff; a trick or deception. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. An enticing look or glance. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. i. To make sport; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. Three of the same cards held in the same hand; -- hence, three of anything. Source: opted
  6. 6. 1. A jest or scoff; a trick or deception. [Obs.] Where's the Bastard's braves, and Charles his gleeks Shak. 2. Etym: [Cf. Glicke] An enticing look or glance. [Obs.] A pretty gleek coming from Pallas' eye. Beau. & Fl. To make sport; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly. [Obs.] Shak. 1. A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons. [Obs.] Pepys. Evelyn. 2. Three of the same cards held in the same hand; -- hence, three of anything. [Obs.] Source: webster
  7. 7. An enticing look or glance. [Obs.]A pretty gleek coming from Pallas' eye. Beau. & Fl. Source: adambom
  8. 8. n. A jest or scoff; a trick or deception. n. An enticing look or glance. v. i. To make sport; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly. n. A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons. n. Three of the same cards held in the same hand; -- hence, three of anything. Source: ecdict

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