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Retable :: Retable (n.) A shelf behind the altar, for display of lights, vases of wlowers, etc..

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..

Goblin :: Goblin (n.) An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.

Grace :: Grace (n.) A play designed to promote or display grace of motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of each. Called also grace hoop or hoops..

Tongue :: Tongue (v. i.) To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments..

Knack :: Knack (n.) A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.

Sharp :: Sharp (v. i.) To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.

Brave :: Brave (superl.) Making a fine show or display.

Gest :: Gest (n.) An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony..

Pietist :: Pietist (n.) One of a class of religious reformers in Germany in the 17th century who sought to revive declining piety in the Protestant churches; -- often applied as a term of reproach to those who make a display of religious feeling. Also used adjectively.

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

Sucker :: Sucker (n.) A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a plaything..

Monarchize :: Monarchize (v. i.) To play the sovereign; to act the monarch.

Flirt :: Flirt (v. t.) One who flirts; esp., a woman who acts with giddiness, or plays at courtship; a coquette; a pert girl..

Playgoing :: Playgoing (a.) Frequenting playhouses; as, the playgoing public..

Underplot :: Underplot (n.) A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it..

Paronomasia :: Paronomasia (n.) A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in different senses, or words similar in sound are set in opposition to each other, so as to give antithetical force to the sentence; punning..

Spleenish :: Spleenful (a.) Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy..

Romp :: Romp (v. i.) To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play.

Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.

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