Definition of play

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Play (n.) The act or practice of contending for victory, amusement, or a prize, as at dice, cards, or billiards; gaming; as, to lose a fortune in play..

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Deploy :: Deploy (v. t. & i.) To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the reverse of ploy; as, to deploy a column of troops into line of battle..
Blazon :: Blazon (n.) Ostentatious display, either by words or other means; publication; show; description; record..
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..
Dandle :: Dandle (v. t.) To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle.
Buss :: Buss (n.) A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack.
Oratorio :: Oratorio (n.) A more or less dramatic text or poem, founded on some Scripture nerrative, or great divine event, elaborately set to music, in recitative, arias, grand choruses, etc., to be sung with an orchestral accompaniment, but without action, scenery, or costume, although the oratorio grew out of the Mysteries and the Miracle and Passion plays, which were acted..
Finger :: Finger (v. t.) To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing.
Playhouse :: Playhouse (n.) A building used for dramatic exhibitions; a theater.
Sword-shaped :: Swordplayer (n.) A fencer; a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill in the use of the sword.
Bannerol :: Bannerol (n.) A banderole; esp. a banner displayed at a funeral procession and set over the tomb. See Banderole.
Chess :: Chess (n.) A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns..
Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.
Bespeak :: Bespeak (n.) A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.).
Mum-chance :: Mum-chance (n.) A game of hazard played with cards in silence.
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..
Triumph :: Triumph (n.) To play a trump card.
Wich :: Wich (n.) A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players..
Aerognosy :: Aerognosy (n.) The science which treats of the properties of the air, and of the part it plays in nature..
Protatic :: Protatic (a.) Of or pertaining to the protasis of an ancient play; introductory.
Exposition :: Exposition (n.) The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view.
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