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For the purposes of this chapter, the words and phrases hereinafter set forth shall have the following meanings ascribed to them unless the content clearly requires to the contrary: (a)
"Blind cut" or "false cut" means a maneuver which appears to cut the deck, but does not in fact do so.
(b)
"Blind shuffle" means to false shuffle, or to give the deceptive impression of intermixing playing cards, while actually retaining the same sequence of all or a group of cards.
(c)
"Burn" is a discard in accordance with the rules of the game, made before the draw when playing draw poker.
(d)
"Capping the deck" means to place cards on to the top of the deck.
(e)
"Cooler" means a deck of cards, secretly prearranged in a known sequence or marked to be substituted for the deck in play.
(f)
"Daubing" means to mark cards by applying a faintly visible substance to the back of the cards.
(g)
"Greek deal" or "second bottom" means to deal a card which is second from the bottom of the deck.
(h)
"Hand mucking" means the surreptitious switching of cards from those that are dealt to a player.
(i)
"Hold-out" means a mechanical device used for the purpose of surreptitiously switching or retaining cards.
(j)
"Hopping the cut" means to surreptitiously nullify the cutting of the deck.
(k)
"Middle dealing" means to deal a card from the center section of the deck.
(l)
"Punching" means to mark the back of the cards by creating a dimple or indentation thereon.
(m)
"Roughing fluid" means a liquid chemical applied to the back of the cards for the purpose of marking them by roughening the surface.
(n)
"Run-up" or "stacking" or "stocking" means to shuffle the cards in such a fashion as to surreptitiously arrange the sequence of known cards.
(o)
"Sanding" means to mark cards by applying an abrasive substance to the cards.
(p)
"Shiner" means a mirror or other reflecting device used for the purpose of enabling a player to see cards which the player is not entitled to see under the rules of the game being played.
(q)
"Slick sleeve" or "mohair sleeve" means a long sleeve on a clothing garment to assist in holding out a playing card.
(r)
"Slug" means a group of cards.
(s)
"Transmitter" means an electronic or radio device used for the purpose of transmitting signals or information to another player, who receives such signals or information by use of a "receiver."
(t)
"White flash" means a form of daubing whereby a chemical is used to create a "white on white" marking on the back of the cards.
(Ord. 323 §2, 1983).