A Game to be Played by Two or More Persons, Founded on the Construction, Spelling, Pronunciation, Meaning, and Derivation of Words used in the English Language.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 19th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 24th Feb., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Game to be Played by Two or More Persons, Founded on the
Construction, Spelling, Pronunciation, Meaning, and Derivation
of Words used in the English Language.
I GEORGE WILLIAM PAGE of Kings Lynn in the County of Norfolk Bank
Manager do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A game on the construction spelling pronunciation meaning and derivation of
words used in the English language to be played by two or more persons.
I prefer that this game should be played as follows
Each word to be printed on separate slips of card giving the spelling pronunciation
meaning and derivation of the words.
These words will be dealt out equally to the players face downwards and played
according to the rules of which the following is a sample.
The dealer to act as schoolmaster and to take from his nearest left hand player one
of the slips of card. He calls out the word to the one from whom he takes it and
asks him the spelling and meaning. If answered according to the satisfaction of the
schoolmaster, he receives back the word and places it in front of himself face
upwards and the next player hands a slip of card to the schoolmaster and goes
through the same course of questions.
If the word is not correctly spelt or the meaning properly explained to the
satisfaction of the schoolmaster the player (or players) so failing, pays penatly by
placing in the pool one of his words, & this is taken by the one next in turn who
sa tisfactorily answers the questions.
The words in the pool which have not been answered being placed with the
players others, face downwards, and those answered face upwards.
When all the words are exhausted the player who counts the largest number of
words represented by the slips of card is declared the winner.
The amusement and instruction afforded by this game will be manifest.
Dated this 20th day of April 1893.
GEORGE W. PAGE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Game to be Played by Two or More Persons, Founded on the
Construction, Spelling, Pronunciation, Meaning, and Derivation
of Words used in the English Language.
I GEORGE WILLIAM PAGE of Kings Lynn in the County of Norfolk Bank
Manager do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:―
Each word is printed on separate slips of card giving the spelling, pronunciation
meaning and derivation of the word.
The words to be dealt out equally to the players and placed face downwards.
The game is commenced by the dealer who will take from his nearest left hand
player one of the slips of card. He calls out the word, to the one from whom he
takes it and asks him the spelling meaning and derivation. If answered satisfactorily
he receives back the word and places it in front of himself face upwards. The
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page_text: next player then asks the player on his left hand to hand him a word and goes
through the same course of questions and so on.
If any word is not correctly spelt, or the meaning properly and satisfactorily
explained, it is placed in the pool and is taken by the one next in turn who
satisfactorily answers the questions. The word being first thoroughly explained to
all players.
When all the words are cohausted the player who counts the largest number of
words represented by the slips of card is declared the winner.
"
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. The printing on separate slips of card as fully described of words used in the