Ace

An ace is a playing card. In the standard French deck, an ace has a single suit symbol (a heart, diamond, spade, or club) 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. This insignia was necessary for identifying the printing house and stamping it as having paid the new stamp tax. Although this requirement was abolished in 1960, the tradition has been kept by many card makers. 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.

The word "ace" comes from the Old French word as (from Latin 'as') meaning 'a unit', from the name of a small Roman coin. It originally meant the side of a die with only one mark, before it was a term for a playing card. Since this was the lowest roll of the die, it traditionally meant 'bad luck' in Middle English, but as the ace is often the highest playing card, its meaning has since changed to mean 'high-quality, excellence'. This connotation has seen the word applied to an unreachable tennis serve, a successful fighter pilot and more generally as a person proficient in his or her field, especially a sporting field.

Ace (disambiguation)

An ace is a playing card.

Ace, Aces, ACE or ACES may also refer to:

Sports

Terminology

  • Ace (baseball), a team's best starting pitcher
  • Ace (golf), a hole in one
  • Ace (tennis), a point won by the server without contest
  • Ace formation, in American football
  • Ace, a slang term for an asexual person
  • Teams

  • Alaska Aces (ECHL), an American ice hockey team
  • Alaska Aces (PBA), a Philippine basketball team
  • Alexandria Aces, an American baseball team in Virginia
  • Belle Vue Aces, an English motorcycle speedway team
  • Cornwall Aces, a Canadian ice hockey team playing 1993-1996
  • Dallas Aces, the world's first professional bridge team
  • Lower Merion High School Aces, the athletic teams at the school in suburban Philadelphia
  • Melbourne Aces, an Australian baseball team founded 2009
  • Northeast League Aces, a Canadian-American baseball team
  • Quebec Aces, a Canadian ice hockey team playing 1928-1971
  • Reno Aces, an American baseball team in Nevada
  • Victoria Aces, an Australian baseball team founded 1934
  • Geography

    Ace (Ian Van Dahl album)

    Ace is the debut studio album by the Belgian dance music act known as Ian Van Dahl, released in 2002. The album contains four songs that reached the top 20 of the UK singles chart: "Will I?" (#5); "Reason" (#8); "Try" (#15); and their biggest hit single, "Castles in the Sky", which reached #3 and spent seven weeks in the top 10 in the summer of 2001. This last song also reached the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S., where it peaked at #91. The album itself peaked at #7 in the UK, where it achieved Gold status after only four weeks. The album title was inspired by taking the first letters of the names of each member of the act; Annemie, Christophe and Eric.

    Track listings

  • "Intro" – 02:10
  • "Reason" – 03:21
  • "After All" – 05:56
  • "Satisfy Me" – 06:07
  • "Will I?" (UK Radio Mix) – 02:40
  • "Nights on Java" – 07:37
  • "Try" – 08:12
  • "Lonely" – 04:16
  • "Be Mine" – 03:04
  • "Castles in the Sky" – 03:46
  • "Nothing Left to Say" – 05:17
  • "Tears" – 03:20
  • "{'intəlu:d}" – 0:49
  • "Secret Love" – 03:14
  • Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Love - Single

    by: Johnnyboyxo

    We're just two people
    And we share this special part of
    A love that's deep inside
    And no one else will know of
    Who knew we'd stay together
    Boy where is your heart from?
    Always here for me
    Is that how you show me your love?
    Told me to never cry
    You hold and keep me tight
    You keep me safe at night
    Always here by my side
    I'll always love you so
    But boy you'll never know
    The feelings that reside
    You know I'll never say
    Love, this is what was meant to be
    And this is what we've come to realize
    Baby I will always see
    The fire burning in your eyes
    Ooh baby boy it's destiny
    That we met together in this life
    You will always have me
    Together for All Time
    You're just a part of me
    That I can't take control of
    Lying next to me to protect me with
    Your love
    You're like an angel and
    Baby I'm your halo
    For me and you the sky's the limit
    And you know
    Told me to never cry
    You hold and keep me tight
    You keep me safe at night
    Always here by my side
    I'll always love you so
    But boy you'll never know
    The feelings that reside
    You know I'll never say
    My heart
    Your love
    Together baby
    We can break records cause
    This time
    You'll see
    There's nothing that can
    Separate us, no
    Love, this is what was meant to be
    And this is what we've come to realize
    Baby I will always see
    The fire burning in your eyes
    Ooh baby boy it's destiny
    That we met together in this life
    You will always have me
    Together for All Time




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