Halma — Defs

01 n. The long jump, with weights in the hands, -- the most important of the exercises of the Pentathlon.

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The long jump, with weights in the hands, -- the most important of the exercises of the Pentathlon.(Greek Antiq.)

02 n. A game played on a board having 256 squares, by two persons with 19 men each, or by four with 13 men each, starting from different corners …

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A game played on a board having 256 squares, by two persons with 19 men each, or by four with 13 men each, starting from different corners and striving to place each his own set of men in a corresponding position in the opposite corner by moving them or by jumping them over those met in progress.