NIM - Definition

Pronunciation:		nim
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table

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	See Also:	table game

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Nim\, v. t. [imp. {Nam}or {Nimmed}; p. p. {Nomen}or {Nome}.] [AS. niman. [root] 7. Cf. {Nimble}.] To take; to steal; to filch. [Obs.] This canon it in his hand nam. --Chaucer.

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