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Orchestra :: Orchestra (n.) A band composed, for the largest part, of players of the various viol instruments, many of each kind, together with a proper complement of wind instruments of wood and brass; -- as distinguished from a military or street band of players on wind instruments, and from an assemblage of solo players for the rendering of concerted pieces, such as septets, octets, and the like..

Lead :: Lead (n.) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played; as, your partner has the lead..

Crowd :: Crowd (v. t.) To play on a crowd; to fiddle.

Flute A Bec :: Flute a bec () A beak flute, an older form of the flute, played with a mouthpiece resembling a beak, and held like a flageolet..

Copyright :: Copyright (n.) The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books..

Meritot :: Meritot (n.) A play of children, in swinging on ropes, or the like, till they are dizzy..

Humstrum :: Humstrum (n.) An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed; music badly played.

Pedantize :: Pedantize (v. i.) To play the pedant; to use pedantic expressions.

Splay :: Splay (a.) Displayed; spread out; turned outward; hence, flat; ungainly; as, splay shoulders..

Scherzo :: Scherzo (n.) A playful, humorous movement, commonly in 3-4 measure, which often takes the place of the old minuet and trio in a sonata or a symphony..

Toy :: Toy (v. t.) A plaything for children; a bawble.

Traduce :: Traduce (v. t.) To represent; to exhibit; to display; to expose; to make an example of.

Hopscotch :: Hopscotch (n.) A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground; -- called also hoppers..

Leapfrog :: Leapfrog (n.) A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former..

Rebec :: Rebec (n.) An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin, having three strings, and being played with a bow..

Scene :: Scene (n.) The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage..

Property :: Property (a.) All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dresses of the actors; stage requisites.

Fives :: Fives (n. pl.) A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis; -- so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game..

Gypsy :: Gypsy (v. i.) To play the gypsy; to picnic in the woods.

Splay :: Splay (v. t.) To dislocate, as a shoulder bone..

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