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n.
[See 1863 quote] an Indian gambling game taking various forms, the winner being the player to whom falls a marked object (as a disc) mixed with several similar but unmarked objects.
See: lahal
Quotations
1863
Sla-hal, n. Chinook [not Jargon] Etlaltlal. A game played with ten small discs, one of which is marked.
1965
That night the Indians rounded off the day by playing Lahal, sometimes called Slahal or Pageesee.