Definition of play

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Play (n.) To contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball; hence, to gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes..

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Slatterpouch :: Slatterpouch (n.) A dance or game played by boys, requiring active exercise..
Disport :: Disport (v. i.) To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and without restraint; to amuse one's self.
Dramatis Personae :: Dramatis personae () The actors in a drama or play.
Lap :: Lap (n.) In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; -- so called when they are counted in the score of the following game..
Stagecoach :: Stage (v. t.) To exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display publicly..
Ball :: Ball (n.) A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc..
Jack :: Jack (n.) The knave of a suit of playing cards.
Outlay :: Outlay (v. t.) To lay out; to spread out; to display.
Boast :: Boast (v. t.) To display vaingloriously.
Vaunt :: Vaunt (v. t.) To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
Kent Bugle :: Kent bugle () A curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means of which the performer can play upon every key in the musical scale; -- called also keyed bugle, and key bugle..
Fescue :: Fescue (n.) An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum.
Rack :: Rack (a.) A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or arranged for display; as, a clothes rack; a bottle rack, etc..
Splaymouths :: Splayfooted (a.) Having a splayfoot or splayfeet.
Lyrist :: Lyrist (n.) A musician who plays on the harp or lyre; a composer of lyrical poetry.
Court-cupboard :: Court-cupboard (n.) A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions..
Skittles :: Skittles (v. t.) An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins..
Deal :: Deal (n.) The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed..
Bayonet :: Bayonet (n.) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery..
Sampler :: Sampler (n.) A pattern; a specimen; especially, a collection of needlework patterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used as samples, or to display the skill of the worker..
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