Definition of play

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Play (n.) Any exercise, or series of actions, intended for amusement or diversion; a game..

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Pander :: Pander (v. t.) To play the pander for.
Traduce :: Traduce (v. t.) To represent; to exhibit; to display; to expose; to make an example of.
Kettledrummer :: Kettledrummer (n.) One who plays on a kettledrum.
Toyhouse :: Toyhouse (n.) A house for children to play in or to play with; a playhouse.
Foinery :: Foinery (n.) Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point, as distinguished from broadsword play..
Jackstone :: Jackstone (n.) A game played with five small stones or pieces of metal. See 6th Chuck.
Blazon :: Blazon (n.) Ostentatious display, either by words or other means; publication; show; description; record..
Morality :: Morality (n.) A kind of allegorical play, so termed because it consisted of discourses in praise of morality between actors representing such characters as Charity, Faith, Death, Vice, etc. Such plays were occasionally exhibited as late as the reign of Henry VIII..
Toy :: Toy (v. t.) A plaything for children; a bawble.
Batting :: Batting (n.) The act of one who bats; the management of a bat in playing games of ball.
Magnificent :: Magnificent (a.) Doing grand things; admirable in action; displaying great power or opulence, especially in building, way of living, and munificence..
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..
Play :: Play (n.) To perform on an instrument of music; as, to play on a flute..
Kriegsspiel :: Kriegsspiel (n.) A game of war, played for practice, on maps..
Thumb :: Thumb (v. t.) To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune..
Snapdragon :: Snapdragon (n.) A play in which raisins are snatched from a vessel containing burning brandy, and eaten; also, that which is so eaten. See Flapdragon..
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular..
Tabling :: Tabling (n.) Act of playing at tables. See Table, n., 10..
Deal :: Deal (n.) The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed..
Played :: Played (imp. & p. p.) of Pla.
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