Nim

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

nim
    n 1: game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players
         alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions
         the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the
         table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking
         the last remaining matchstick on the table

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Nim \Nim\ (n[i^]m), v. t. [imp. {Nam} (n[aum]m) or {Nimmed}
   (n[i^]md); p. p. {Nomen} (n[=o]"men) or {Nome} (n[=o]m).]
   [AS. niman. [root]7. Cf. {Nimble}.]
   To take; to steal; to filch. [Obs.]
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         This canon it in his hand nam.           --Chaucer.
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