pl.
A bundle of rods, having among them an ax with the blade projecting, borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their authority. →
n.
A child's play, one child guessing in which closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong; hence, forfeit. →
n.
A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among. →
n.
The quality of being genial; sympathetic cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners. →