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Definition of Four-spot
1. Noun. A playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Four-spot
Literary usage of Four-spot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Children: Hints from Practical Exprience for Parents and Teachers by Paul Carus (1906)
"Let four cards be moved, then the new order will be this: + + You will at once
see that the four-spot has become the first card of the row. ..."
2. Hand-list of the Specimens of Shield Reptiles in the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1873)
"Dorsal spots, four. Spots on nose large, united. India. 43, 2, 29. e. Animal, in
spirits ; young. Dorsal spots, four. Spot on nose moderate. India. ..."
3. The BBC Natural History Unit's Wildlife Specials by David Attenborough, Keith Scholey, B.B.C.Natural History Unit (1997)
"Kumi and Four Spot had mastered the art of baboon hunting which, as Marmalade
had found to her cost, can be fraught with danger. ..."
4. Transactions of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland (1885)
"In addition, all the four spot trials of the Admiralty vessels, previously referred
to, have been grouped in another sheet, (Fig. 13, Plate XIII. ..."
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