Sentence:  Again Turk placed the pennies on the <WSD>kip</WSD>. He took his time, deliberate over the small action, held the <WSD>kip</WSD> for a long breathless moment, then jerked his wrist and the pennies were in the air. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.