6. (Card Playing) (a) (Whist) Three or more cards of the same suit in immediately consecutive order of value; as, ace, king, and queen; or knave, ten, nine, and eight. (b) (Poker) All five cards, of a hand, in consecutive order as to value, but not necessarily of the same suit; when of one suit, it is called a sequence flush.
SEQUENT
Se"quent, a. Etym: [L. sequens, -entis, p. pr. of sequi to follow.
See Sue to follow.]
1. Following; succeeding; in continuance. What to this was sequent Thou knowest already. Shak.
2. Following as an effect; consequent.
SEQUENT
Se"quent, n.
1. A follower. [R.] Shak.
2. That which follows as a result; a sequence.
SEQUENTIAL
Se*quen"tial, a.
Defn: Succeeding or following in order.
— Se*quen"tial*ly, adv.
SEQUESTER Se*ques"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sequestered; p. pr. & vb. n. Sequestering.] Etym: [F. séquestrer, L. sequestrare to give up for safe keeping, from sequester a depositary or trustee in whose hands the thing contested was placed until the dispute was settled. Cf. Sequestrate.]