Beggar my Neighbor

( Games.) An easy game at cards, played chiefly by children. The whole pack is dealt out to two players, and the cards are held with the backs upward; each player then turns up a single card in turn. When you play an ace, your adversary must give you four cards; three for a king, two for a queen, and one for a knave; and when the requisite number are laid down, you win the trick, and place the cards so won at the bottom of those in your hand. If, however, your opponent turns up an honor, while paying for that which you have previously paid, you must pay for it in a similar manner, according to its value, and so on until the cards of one or the other are exhausted. The player who first exhausts his adversary's hand, and gets all the cards into his own, is said to beggar his neighbor. Beggar's-lice, n . ( Bot . ) The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglo um) which fasten on the clothing of those who pa by them.