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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tourney  \Tour"ney\,  n.  [OF.  tornei  tornoi  F.  tournoi,  fr  OF 
  torneier  tornoier  tournoier  to  tit,  to  tourney,  F. 
  tournoyer  to  turn  round  and  round.  See  {Turn},  v.  t.] 
  A  tournament.  --Bacon. 
 
  At  tilt  or  tourney  or  like  warlike  game.  --Spenser. 
 
  We  hold  a  tourney  here  to-morrow  morn,  And  there  is 
  scantly  time  for  half  the  work  --Tennyson. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tourney  \Tour"ney\,  v.  i.  [Cf.OF.  torneier  See  {Tourney},  n.  ] 
  To  perform  in  tournaments;  to  tilt. 
 
  Well  could  he  tourney,  and  in  lists  debate.  --Spenser. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tourney 
  n  :  a  sporting  competition  in  which  contestants  play  a  series  of 
  games  to  decide  the  winner  [syn:  {tournament}] 
  v  :  engage  in  a  tourney 




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