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Shift :: Shift (v. t.) A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin..

Flaunt :: Flaunt (n.) Anything displayed for show.

Playing :: Playing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pla.

Pique :: Pique (n.) In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one..

Fiddlestick :: Fiddlestick (n.) The bow, strung with horsehair, used in playing the fiddle; a fiddle bow..

Cue :: Cue (n.) The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play..

Exit :: Exit (n.) The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part..

Gaming :: Gaming (n.) The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling.

Lutist :: Lutist (n.) One who plays on a lute.

Splaymouthed :: Splaymouth (n.) A wide mouth; a mouth stretched in derision.

Cobnut :: Cobnut (n.) A game played by children with nuts.

Loo :: Loo (n.) An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the highest card is the knave of clubs or (if so agreed upon) the knave of trumps; -- formerly called lanterloo..

Outlay :: Outlay (v. t.) To lay out; to spread out; to display.

Play :: Play (v. t.) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it..

Shovelboard :: Shovelboard (n.) A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny..

Spoilful :: Spoilfive (n.) A certain game at cards in which, if no player wins three of the five tricks possible on any deal, the game is said to be spoiled..

Twiddle :: Twiddle (v. i.) To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles..

Wanton :: Wanton (v. i.) To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.

Game :: Game (n.) To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble..

Interlude :: Interlude (n.) A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama..

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