All’s Ace

Ace

An ace is a playing card, die or domino with a single pip. In the standard French deck, an ace has a single suit symbol located in the middle of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the case of the ace of spades. This embellishment on the ace of spades started when King James VI of Scotland and I of England required an insignia of the printing house to be printed on the ace of spades. The mark served to identify the printing house and to confirm payment of a stamp tax. Although this legal requirement ended in 1960, many card manufacturers have continued the custom. In other countries the stamp and embellishments are usually found on ace cards; clubs in France, diamonds in Russia, and hearts in Genoa because they have the most blank space.

all

Symbol

1. ISO 639-3 language code for Allar.

Determiner

1. Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).
2. Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer).

ace

Symbol

1. ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Acehnese.

Noun

1. A playing card showing a single pip, typically the highest or lowest ranking card in a game.
2. A die face marked with a single dot, typically representing the number one.