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pa·chisi (pə c̸hē′zē)

noun

in India, a game for four players in which the moves of the pieces around a board are determined by the throwing of cowrie shells

Etymology: Hindi pacīsī < pacis, twenty-five (the highest number thrown) < pãc, five < Sans páñca, five + -īs < bīs, twenty

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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