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At :: At (prep.) The relation of some employment or action; occupied with; as, at engraving; at husbandry; at play; at work; at meat (eating); except at puns..

Illude :: Illude (v. t.) To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to excite and disappoint the hopes of.

Playhouse :: Playhouse (n.) A building used for dramatic exhibitions; a theater.

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

Band :: Band (v. t.) A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals..

Fife :: Fife (v. i.) To play on a fife.

Mall :: Mall (n.) An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall.

Display :: Display (v. t.) To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to parade.

Setout :: Setout (n.) A display, as of plate, equipage, etc.; that which is displayed..

Scene :: Scene (n.) So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play, subordinate to the act, but differently determined in different plays; as, an act of four scenes..

Labradorite :: Labradorite (n.) A kind of feldspar commonly showing a beautiful play of colors, and hence much used for ornamental purposes. The finest specimens come from Labrador. See Feldspar..

Pomp :: Pomp (v. i.) To make a pompons display; to conduct.

Polo :: Polo (n.) A game of ball of Eastern origin, resembling hockey, with the players on horseback..

Rubber :: Rubber (n.) In some games, as whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, when there is a tie between the players; as, to play the rubber; also, a contest determined by the winning of two out of three games; as, to play a rubber of whist..

Frolic :: Frolic (n.) A scene of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in dancing; a merrymaking..

Epitasis :: Epitasis (n.) That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to protasis..

Play :: Play (n.) To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless.

Rack :: Rack (a.) An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something..

Table :: Table (n.) The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon and draughts are played.

Mora :: Mora (n.) A game of guessing the number of fingers extended in a quick movement of the hand, -- much played by Italians of the lower classes..

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