Definition of play

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Play (v. t.) To perform music upon; as, to play the flute or the organ..

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Embrasure :: Embrasure (n.) A splay of a door or window.
Camp :: Camp (n.) An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England..
Splay :: Splay (v. t.) To display; to spread.
Gallant :: Gallant (v. t.) To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play..
Bank :: Bank (n.) In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw..
Sportful :: Sportful (a.) Full of sport; merry; frolicsome; full of jesting; indulging in mirth or play; playful; wanton; as, a sportful companion..
Opalesce :: Opalesce (v. i.) To give forth a play of colors, like the opal..
Cockshy :: Cockshy (n.) A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in shying or throwing cudgels at live cocks..
Flirt :: Flirt (v. t.) To toss or throw about; to move playfully to and fro; as, to flirt a fan..
Sport :: Sport (n.) Play; idle jingle.
Record :: Record (v. t.) To repeat; to recite; to sing or play.
Frisk :: Frisk (a.) A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap.
Bass Viol :: Bass viol () A stringed instrument of the viol family, used for playing bass. See 3d Bass, n., and Violoncello..
Gewgaw :: Gewgaw (n.) A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble.
Piquet :: Piquet (n.) A game at cards played between two persons, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes, being set aside..
Jiggish :: Jiggish (a.) Playful; frisky.
Voluntary :: Voluntary (n.) A piece played by a musician, often extemporarily, according to his fancy; specifically, an organ solo played before, during, or after divine service..
Ground :: Ground (n.) Any definite portion of the earth's surface; region; territory; country. Hence: A territory appropriated to, or resorted to, for a particular purpose; the field or place of action; as, a hunting or fishing ground; a play ground..
Unison :: Unison (n.) Identity in pitch; coincidence of sounds proceeding from an equality in the number of vibrations made in a given time by two or more sonorous bodies. Parts played or sung in octaves are also said to be in unison, or in octaves..
Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To perform, as a tune; to play..
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