note(3) (iou) and shuffleboard (sh)

note(3) (iou)

note noun2. ME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin nota a mark.]
I.
A single tone of definite pitch, such as is produced by a musical instrument or by the human voice. ME.
blue note, eighth note, fundamental note, half-note, leading note, leaning note, pedal note, recite note, sixteenth note, top note, white note, etc.
W. Irving She..hummed..and did not make a single false note.
A strain of Music, a melody, a tune, a song. Long only poet. ME.
Milton Celestial voices..responsive each to others note.
(A single tone of) the musical song or call of a bird; a cry, call, or sound made by a bird. ME.
call note: see CALL noun.
T. Gray The Attic warbler pours her throat, Responsive to the cuckoo's note. Goldsmith The birds excel rather in..their plumage than the sweetness of their notes. W. Cowper A bird who..by hoarseness of his note, Might be suppos'd a crow.
transf.
a. Any expressive or musical sound; a quality or tone in speaking; an expression of mood, attitude, etc.; an aspect, an indication, an intimation. L15.
N. Marsh 'Upon that note,' said Alleyn, 'we may..make our plans.' H. Williamson To listen for the note of the..engines. W. Trevor The note of seriousness must be stressed. P. Barker The gloves..added an incongruous note of gentility. J. Nagenda Only occasionally was he able to detect any..note of envy.
b. In perfumery, any of the basic components of the fragrance of a perfume which give it its character. E20.
top note etc.
II.
A written character or sign expressing the pitch and duration of a musical sound. ME.
a. A letter of the alphabet. Only in LME.
b. A sign or character (Other than a letter) used in Writing or printing. E16.
note of admiration: see ADMIRATION 1. TIRONIAN notes.
A mark, a sign, a token, an indication, (of); a characteristic or distinguishing feature. LME.
b. Christian Church. Any of certain characteristics, as unity, sanctity, catholicity, and apostolicity, by which the true Church may be known; a sign or proof of genuine origin, authority, and practice. M16.
A stigma, a reproach. Foll. by of. Long rare. M16.
A key of a piano or similar instrument. M19.
III.
Notice, regard, or attention. ME.
E. V. Neale We select..what we want..and take no note of the rest. Nature Another addition to the Zoo worthy of note is three young cane-rats.
Distinction, mark, importance; reputation, fame. Esp. in of note, of good note, of bad note, etc. LME.
of note of distinction or eminence; notable.
W. H. Dixon Had he died at sixty..he might have left behind him an obscure and blameless note.
Knowledge, information. rare. L16.
IV.
Law.
a. An abstract of essential particulars relating to transfer of land by process of fine (see FINE noun1 6). obsolete exc. Hist. LME.
b. Scots Law. Any of various written forms of legal process and memoranda. M16.
A brief record or abstract of facts written down to aid the memory, or written down or (also mental note) stored in the mind as a basis for a more complete statement or for future action; a brief memorandum to help in speaking on some subject. Freq. in pl. LME.
compare notes: see COMPARE verb1 3.
Southey Only his memory to trust to, never having made any notes. J. A. Froude He spoke for more than an hour without a note. H. Fast He made mental notes to have a talk with his son.
a. An explanatory or critical annotation or comment appended to a passage in a book etc. M16.
end-note, footnote, etc.
Milton The entire Scripture translated into English with plenty of Notes.
b. An observation worth noticing or remembering; an interesting or noteworthy remark. L16-M17.
c. A thing of note, an important matter, a surprise. US colloq. M19.
A brief statement of particulars or of some fact. Formerly also, a bill, an account. L16.
covering note, credit note, demand note, head-note, etc. liner note: see LINER noun1 4. sick note: see SICK adjective.
a. A short letter or written communication of an informal kind. L16.
J. Diski We had communicated..by notes left on the kitchen table. T. Callender She wouldn't even drop a note to Courcy.
b. A formal diplomatic or parliamentary communication. L18.
identic note: see IDENTIC adjective.
A signed receipt or voucher. E17-M18.
A written promise to pay a certain sum at a specified time (also note of hand); spec. a banknote. M17.
banknote, currency note, judgement note, etc. fractional note: see FRACTIONAL adjective. postal note: see POSTAL adjective. PROMISSORY note.
M. Drabble Tales of..call girls and twenty-pound notes. E. Leonard I..signed notes on everything we owned.
b. A banknote worth 1; the amount of a pound sterling. Scot. & Austral. L18.
Other phrases: change one's note, change note alter one's way of speaking or thinking. hit a false note = strike a false note below. hit the right note = strike the right note below. sound a note of caution, sound a note of warning, etc., say or write something cautionary etc., esp. contrasting in tone with what has preceded. strike a false note say or write something insincere, inappropriate, etc. strike the right note say or write something sincere, appropriate, etc. take note observe, pay attention, (foll. by of).
Comb.: notebook (a) a small book for or containing notes or memoranda; (b) a portable computer smaller than a laptop used esp. as a data store (cf. palmtop s.v. PALM noun2); note-broker US a broker who deals in promissory notes and bills of exchange; note card a card for a note or notes; esp. a decorative card with a blank space for a short message; notecase a wallet for holding banknotes; note-cluster a group of neighbouring notes played simultaneously; note-holder a holder of notes issued by a business company etc. promising to repay money borrowed for temporary financing; notepad (a) a pad or notebook for or containing notes or memoranda; (b) Computing a small, lightweight portable computer, esp. one operated by means of a pen or stylus; notepaper paper of a type used for correspondence; note-row, note-series = tone-row s.v. TONE noun; note-shaver US slang a promoter of bogus financial companies; a usurer; note-shaving US slang the profession of a note-shaver; the making of an excessive profit on the discounting of notes.
noteless adjective (a) not of note; unmarked, undistinguished, unnoticed; (b) unmusical, unharmonious; voiceless: E17.

shuffleboard (sh)

Game in which two or four players use long-handled cues to shove disks into scoring areas of a diagram marked on a flat, smooth surface (6 × 52 ft [1.8 × 15.8 m]).

It was popular in England as early as the 15th century, especially with the aristocracy; it later became popular as a deck game among travelers on ocean liners and cruise ships. The current form of the game was defined at St. Petersburg, Fla., U.S., in 1924.

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