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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           At tilt or tourney or like warlike game. --Spenser.
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           We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn,
           And there is scantly time for half the work.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tourney \Tour"ney\, v. i. [Cf.OF. torneier. See {Tourney}, n. ]
     To perform in tournaments; to tilt.
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           Well could he tourney, and in lists debate. --Spenser.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  68 Moby Thesaurus words for "tourney":
     Highland games, Olympiad, Olympic games, Olympics, battle, bout,
     box, brawl, broil, carousel, clash, close, collide, combat,
     come to blows, concours, contend, contest, cut and thrust, derby,
     duel, encounter, engagement, exchange blows, fence, feud,
     field day, fight, fight a duel, game, games, give and take,
     give satisfaction, go, grapple, grapple with, gymkhana, jostle,
     joust, match, matching, meet, meeting, mix it up, quarrel, rally,
     rassle, regatta, rencontre, riot, run a tilt, scramble, scuffle,
     skirmish, spar, strive, struggle, test, the Olympics,
     thrust and parry, tilt, tournament, track meet, trial, tussle,
     wage war, war, wrestle
  
  

















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