Gamble

Chamber's Etymological of the English Language · 1895 · p. 208
gam'bl, v.i. to play for money in games of chance. v.t. to squander away.— «. Gam'- bier. Gamboge, gam-bfinj' or gam «. a yellow gum-resin used as a pigment and in medicine (So named from Cambodia, in Asia, where is obtained.} Gambol, gam'bol, v to leap or skip to frisk or dance —in sport —pr p. gam'boling pa p. gam'- baled n a skipping playfulne . [Fr. gambade, a gambol, fiom gambe, old form of Fr, jambe the leg—Lem L gamba, a thigh Game, gain, n sport of any kind an exercise for amusement the stake in a game wild animals protected law and hunted by sportsmen. [A.S game//, play cog. with Ice gant an, Dan. gammrn () tier ga/uan, mirth, joy] Game, gam, to play at any game: to play for money, to gamble.-// Gaming, the practice of pla> ing foi money.
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